on $100k a year, leaving Provo
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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
pricier each month than Provo
Riverside costs noticeably more than Provo. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
43% more expensive than Provo(vs $1,743/mo)
9.3%
$388/mo more in state tax than Provo
vs 4.65% in Provo
$5,065/mo
$1,138 less than Provo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
6% more expensive than Provo
vs $559k in Provo
4.7M
vs 733k in Provo
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Provo only manages 171 of those. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 12 back in Provo.
A real upgrade on things to do: 6.0× Provo's pace.
69/100
15% lower than Provo
vs 81/100 in Provo
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% higher than Provo
vs 89/100 in Provo
14
85% fewer than Provo
vs 91 nonstops in Provo
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