$100k salary, packing up from Reading
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 Reading
Riverside costs noticeably more than Reading. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
69% more expensive than Reading(vs $1,478/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Reading
vs 3.07% in Reading
$5,065/mo
$1,535 less than Reading
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
91% more expensive than Reading
vs $311k in Reading
4.7M
vs 433k in Reading
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Reading only manages 157 of those. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Reading's 2.
79% fewer events than Reading. The pace eases up.
69/100
6% higher than Reading
vs 65/100 in Reading
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
8% higher than Reading
vs 85/100 in Reading
14
0% fewer than Reading
vs 0 nonstops in Reading
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