same $100k income, fresh start from Richmond
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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 Richmond
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
47% more expensive than Richmond(vs $1,691/mo)
9.3%
$296/mo more in state tax than Richmond
vs 5.75% in Richmond
$5,065/mo
$1,098 less than Richmond
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
51% more expensive than Richmond
vs $394k in Richmond
4.7M
vs 1.4M in Richmond
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Richmond only manages 172 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 47 days top 95° vs Richmond's 18.
Richmond hosts 9.7× more events.
69/100
6% higher than Richmond
vs 65/100 in Richmond
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
33% higher than Richmond
vs 69/100 in Richmond
14
26% fewer than Richmond
vs 19 nonstops in Richmond
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