$100k a year, no longer in Spokane
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 Spokane ran you
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
64% more expensive than Spokane(vs $1,520/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Spokane
vs 0% in Spokane
$5,065/mo
$1,748 less than Spokane
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
42% more expensive than Spokane
vs $420k in Spokane
4.7M
vs 600k in Spokane
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Spokane only manages 164 of those. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 6 in Spokane.
Spokane hosts 6.2× more events.
69/100
15% lower than Spokane
vs 81/100 in Spokane
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% higher than Spokane
vs 91/100 in Spokane
14
40% more than Spokane
vs 10 nonstops in Spokane
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