$100k salary, packing up from Port St. Lucie
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
the monthly premium over Port St. Lucie
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
7% more expensive than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie
vs 0% in Port St. Lucie
$5,065/mo
$937 less than Port St. Lucie
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
50% more expensive than Port St. Lucie
vs $397k in Port St. Lucie
4.7M
vs 537k in Port St. Lucie
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Port St. Lucie barely cracks 246 pleasant ones. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 2 in Port St. Lucie.
69/100
38% higher than Port St. Lucie
vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
820% higher than Port St. Lucie
vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie
14
39% fewer than Port St. Lucie
vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie
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