$100k a year, no longer in South Bend
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
more each month than South Bend ran you
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
79% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than South Bend
vs 3% in South Bend
$5,065/mo
$1,627 less than South Bend
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
158% more expensive than South Bend
vs $230k in South Bend
4.7M
vs 324k in South Bend
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
South Bend only logs 157 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 0 in South Bend.
65% fewer events than South Bend. The pace eases up.
69/100
30% higher than South Bend
vs 53/100 in South Bend
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
12% higher than South Bend
vs 82/100 in South Bend
14
56% more than South Bend
vs 9 nonstops in South Bend
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