on $100k a year, leaving Salisbury
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 Salisbury
You'd pay for Riverside. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
31% more expensive than Salisbury(vs $1,899/mo)
9.3%
$92/mo more in state tax than Salisbury
vs 8.2% in Salisbury
$5,065/mo
$686 less than Salisbury
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
42% more expensive than Salisbury
vs $420k in Salisbury
4.7M
vs 130k in Salisbury
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Salisbury keeps to 189 pleasant days a year. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Salisbury's 3.
Salisbury hosts 2.0× more events.
69/100
30% higher than Salisbury
vs 53/100 in Salisbury
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
12% higher than Salisbury
vs 82/100 in Salisbury
14
600% more than Salisbury
vs 2 nonstops in Salisbury
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