with $100k coming in, swapping out of Tucson
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 expensive each month than Tucson
Riverside costs noticeably more than Tucson. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
73% more expensive than Tucson(vs $1,444/mo)
9.3%
$567/mo more in state tax than Tucson
vs 2.5% in Tucson
$5,065/mo
$1,616 less than Tucson
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
69% more expensive than Tucson
vs $352k in Tucson
4.7M
vs 1.1M in Tucson
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Tucson keeps to 202 pleasant days a year.
Tucson hosts 5.5× more events.
69/100
5% higher than Tucson
vs 66/100 in Tucson
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
37% higher than Tucson
vs 67/100 in Tucson
14
12% fewer than Tucson
vs 16 nonstops in Tucson
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