$100k a year, no longer in Orlando
changea dispatch from
riverside
CA
33.98°N
117.37°W
Riverside is where the navel orange got its start in America, with the parent tree from 1873 still alive and producing fruit on a downtown corner. The Mission Inn is a wildly ornate Spanish Revival hotel that hosts the country's biggest holiday lights festival. Riverside's downtown is genuinely walkable, with citrus groves still scattered through the foothills. Summers are dry and bright, with the foothills cooling the evenings.
the verdict
more each month than Orlando ran you
Riverside costs noticeably more than Orlando. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
29% more expensive than Orlando(vs $1,937/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Orlando
vs 0% in Orlando
$5,065/mo
$1,331 less than Orlando
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
48% more expensive than Orlando
vs $402k in Orlando
4.7M
vs 2.8M in Orlando
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Orlando keeps to 216 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 10 back in Orlando.
Lighter on events: Orlando packs 26.0× more into a month.
69/100
11% higher than Orlando
vs 62/100 in Orlando
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% lower than Orlando
vs 97/100 in Orlando
14
90% fewer than Orlando
vs 146 nonstops in Orlando
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