same $100k income, fresh start from Savannah
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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
more each month than Savannah ran you
Riverside doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Riverside is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
41% more expensive than Savannah(vs $1,770/mo)
9.3%
$318/mo more in state tax than Savannah
vs 5.49% in Savannah
$5,065/mo
$1,041 less than Savannah
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
71% more expensive than Savannah
vs $349k in Savannah
4.7M
vs 425k in Savannah
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Savannah only logs 209 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 47 days above 95° vs Savannah's 19.
63% fewer events than Savannah. The pace eases up.
69/100
33% higher than Savannah
vs 52/100 in Savannah
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% higher than Savannah
vs 90/100 in Savannah
14
8% more than Savannah
vs 13 nonstops in Savannah
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