with $100k coming in, swapping out of Poughkeepsie
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 cost of moving past Poughkeepsie
Riverside runs a little pricier than Poughkeepsie. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
13% more expensive than Poughkeepsie(vs $2,198/mo)
9.3%
$287/mo more in state tax than Poughkeepsie
vs 5.85% in Poughkeepsie
$5,065/mo
$583 less than Poughkeepsie
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
51% more expensive than Poughkeepsie
vs $395k in Poughkeepsie
4.7M
vs 679k in Poughkeepsie
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Poughkeepsie barely cracks 153 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Poughkeepsie's 1.
Lighter on events: Poughkeepsie packs 1.7× more into a month.
69/100
3% higher than Poughkeepsie
vs 67/100 in Poughkeepsie
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
10% higher than Poughkeepsie
vs 84/100 in Poughkeepsie
14
180% more than Poughkeepsie
vs 5 nonstops in Poughkeepsie
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