on $100k a year, leaving Philadelphia
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
pricier each month than Philadelphia
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
33% more expensive than Philadelphia(vs $1,869/mo)
9.3%
$207/mo more in state tax than Philadelphia
vs 6.82% in Philadelphia
$5,065/mo
$831 less than Philadelphia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
51% more expensive than Philadelphia
vs $393k in Philadelphia
4.7M
vs 6.2M in Philadelphia
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Philadelphia barely cracks 173 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Philadelphia's 2.
Lighter on events: Philadelphia packs 30.8× more into a month.
69/100
0% lower than Philadelphia
vs 69/100 in Philadelphia
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
8% lower than Philadelphia
vs 100/100 in Philadelphia
14
89% fewer than Philadelphia
vs 122 nonstops in Philadelphia
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