$100k salary, packing up from Providence
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 Providence
Riverside runs a little pricier than Providence. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
17% more expensive than Providence(vs $2,127/mo)
9.3%
$276/mo more in state tax than Providence
vs 5.99% in Providence
$5,065/mo
$642 less than Providence
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
13% more expensive than Providence
vs $528k in Providence
4.7M
vs 1.7M in Providence
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Providence barely cracks 159 pleasant ones. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 1 in Providence.
Lighter on events: Providence packs 3.5× more into a month.
69/100
10% higher than Providence
vs 63/100 in Providence
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
4% lower than Providence
vs 96/100 in Providence
14
18% fewer than Providence
vs 17 nonstops in Providence
neighbors of riverside on the map of tradeoffs:
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