same $100k income, fresh start from Reno
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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
more expensive each month than Reno
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
31% more expensive than Reno(vs $1,908/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Reno
vs 0% in Reno
$5,065/mo
$1,360 less than Reno
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
4% more expensive than Reno
vs $574k in Reno
4.7M
vs 565k in Reno
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Reno barely cracks 201 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Reno's 4.
Reno hosts 17.2× more events.
69/100
3% lower than Reno
vs 71/100 in Reno
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% lower than Reno
vs 95/100 in Reno
14
8% more than Reno
vs 13 nonstops in Reno
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