same $100k income, fresh start from Washington
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 Washington ran you
You'd pay for Riverside. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
6% more expensive than Washington(vs $2,352/mo)
9.3%
$67/mo more in state tax than Washington
vs 8.5% in Washington
$5,065/mo
$208 less than Washington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
5% cheaper than Washington
vs $626k in Washington
4.7M
vs 6.3M in Washington
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Washington keeps to 177 pleasant days a year. The trade is summer: 47 days above 95°, vs 4 in Washington.
Washington hosts 26.8× more events.
69/100
21% lower than Washington
vs 87/100 in Washington
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than Washington
vs 98/100 in Washington
14
91% fewer than Washington
vs 160 nonstops in Washington
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