with $100k coming in, swapping out of Springfield
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 Springfield
A real premium for Riverside. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
30% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,913/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 5% in Springfield
$5,065/mo
$939 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
60% more expensive than Springfield
vs $373k in Springfield
4.7M
vs 460k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Springfield keeps to 147 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 1 in Springfield.
About as much going on as in Springfield.
69/100
5% higher than Springfield
vs 66/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% higher than Springfield
vs 87/100 in Springfield
14
46% fewer than Springfield
vs 26 nonstops in Springfield
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