on $100k a year, leaving Wilmington
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
pricier each month than Wilmington
Riverside costs noticeably more than Wilmington. You'd be paying for Riverside itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
49% more expensive than Wilmington(vs $1,675/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Wilmington
vs 4.5% in Wilmington
$5,065/mo
$1,218 less than Wilmington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
33% more expensive than Wilmington
vs $448k in Wilmington
4.7M
vs 467k in Wilmington
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Wilmington only manages 235 of those. Bring the AC. 47 days a year clear 95°, well past Wilmington's 1.
Wilmington hosts 3.3× more events.
69/100
28% higher than Wilmington
vs 54/100 in Wilmington
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
37% higher than Wilmington
vs 67/100 in Wilmington
14
180% more than Wilmington
vs 5 nonstops in Wilmington
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