same $100k income, fresh start from Portland
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 expensive each month than Portland
Riverside runs a little pricier than Portland. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
9% more expensive than Portland(vs $2,285/mo)
9.3%
$150/mo more in state tax than Portland
vs 7.5% in Portland
$5,065/mo
$358 less than Portland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
10% more expensive than Portland
vs $543k in Portland
4.7M
vs 566k in Portland
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Portland barely cracks 145 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Portland's 0.
Portland hosts 5.2× more events.
69/100
3% lower than Portland
vs 71/100 in Portland
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Portland
vs 98/100 in Portland
14
600% more than Portland
vs 2 nonstops in Portland
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