$100k salary, packing up from Pittsburgh
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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
the monthly premium over Pittsburgh
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
69% more expensive than Pittsburgh(vs $1,473/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Pittsburgh
vs 3.07% in Pittsburgh
$5,065/mo
$1,540 less than Pittsburgh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
167% more expensive than Pittsburgh
vs $223k in Pittsburgh
4.7M
vs 2.4M in Pittsburgh
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Pittsburgh keeps to 161 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 0 in Pittsburgh.
92% fewer events than Pittsburgh. The pace eases up.
69/100
0% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 69/100 in Pittsburgh
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
7% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 99/100 in Pittsburgh
14
62% fewer than Pittsburgh
vs 37 nonstops in Pittsburgh
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