same $100k income, fresh start from San Francisco
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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
cheaper each month than San Francisco
Not a fortune, but real money. Riverside runs cheaper than San Francisco month over month.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
21% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$5,065/mo
$653 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
52% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
4.7M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
San Francisco actually gets more: 312 pleasant days a year. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past San Francisco's 0.
Noticeably quieter than San Francisco. About 98% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
17% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
7% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
14
87% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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