$100k salary, packing up from Sarasota
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 Sarasota
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
18% more expensive than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Sarasota
vs 0% in Sarasota
$5,065/mo
$1,147 less than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
41% more expensive than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
4.7M
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Sarasota barely cracks 249 pleasant ones. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 1 in Sarasota.
A month here packs 2.0× the events of Sarasota.
69/100
17% higher than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
4% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
14
133% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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