$100k salary, packing up from San Antonio
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
more each month than San Antonio ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
79% more expensive than San Antonio(vs $1,394/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than San Antonio
vs 0% in San Antonio
$5,065/mo
$1,874 less than San Antonio
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
112% more expensive than San Antonio
vs $280k in San Antonio
4.7M
vs 2.7M in San Antonio
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
San Antonio only manages 167 of those.
Noticeably quieter than San Antonio. About 95% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
41% higher than San Antonio
vs 49/100 in San Antonio
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
5% lower than San Antonio
vs 97/100 in San Antonio
14
60% fewer than San Antonio
vs 35 nonstops in San Antonio
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