$100k salary, packing up from San Jose
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
below San Jose's monthly cost
Move to Riverside and the monthly math gets easier. San Jose's rent is the headline; Riverside's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
28% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$5,065/mo
$977 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
67% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
4.7M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
San Jose edges ahead with 283 pleasant days. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 19 in San Jose.
San Jose hosts 10.3× more events.
69/100
1% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
3% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
14
52% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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