with $100k coming in, swapping out of Salt Lake City
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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 Salt Lake City
Riverside costs noticeably more than Salt Lake City. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
55% more expensive than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)
9.3%
$388/mo more in state tax than Salt Lake City
vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City
$5,065/mo
$1,273 less than Salt Lake City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
2% more expensive than Salt Lake City
vs $584k in Salt Lake City
4.7M
vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Salt Lake City keeps to 168 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 23 back in Salt Lake City.
90% fewer events than Salt Lake City. The pace eases up.
69/100
12% lower than Salt Lake City
vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
15% higher than Salt Lake City
vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City
14
84% fewer than Salt Lake City
vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City
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