same $100k income, fresh start from Roanoke
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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 Roanoke
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
80% more expensive than Roanoke(vs $1,382/mo)
9.3%
$296/mo more in state tax than Roanoke
vs 5.75% in Roanoke
$5,065/mo
$1,407 less than Roanoke
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
101% more expensive than Roanoke
vs $296k in Roanoke
4.7M
vs 314k in Roanoke
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Roanoke barely cracks 179 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Roanoke's 2.
Noticeably quieter than Roanoke. About 50% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
0% lower than Roanoke
vs 69/100 in Roanoke
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% lower than Roanoke
vs 94/100 in Roanoke
14
56% more than Roanoke
vs 9 nonstops in Roanoke
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