$100k a year, no longer in Wichita
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 cost of moving past Wichita
Riverside costs noticeably more than Wichita. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
113% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
9.3%
$300/mo more in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$5,065/mo
$1,620 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
169% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
4.7M
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Wichita keeps to 164 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 30 back in Wichita.
67% fewer events than Wichita. The pace eases up.
69/100
33% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
33% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
14
27% more than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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