$100k salary, packing up from Raleigh
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 each month than Raleigh ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
50% more expensive than Raleigh(vs $1,663/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Raleigh
vs 4.5% in Raleigh
$5,065/mo
$1,230 less than Raleigh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
35% more expensive than Raleigh
vs $440k in Raleigh
4.7M
vs 1.5M in Raleigh
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Raleigh only manages 201 of those. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 5 in Raleigh.
Noticeably quieter than Raleigh. About 87% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
19% higher than Raleigh
vs 58/100 in Raleigh
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% lower than Raleigh
vs 97/100 in Raleigh
14
64% fewer than Raleigh
vs 39 nonstops in Raleigh
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