$100k salary, packing up from Seattle
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 cost of moving past Seattle
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
14% more expensive than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Seattle
vs 0% in Seattle
$5,065/mo
$1,075 less than Seattle
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
25% cheaper than Seattle
vs $791k in Seattle
4.7M
vs 4.0M in Seattle
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Seattle only logs 182 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 0 in Seattle.
Lighter on events: Seattle packs 42.3× more into a month.
69/100
26% lower than Seattle
vs 93/100 in Seattle
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Seattle
vs 98/100 in Seattle
14
84% fewer than Seattle
vs 90 nonstops in Seattle
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