same $100k income, fresh start from Winston-Salem
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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 Winston-Salem
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
65% more expensive than Winston-Salem(vs $1,508/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Winston-Salem
vs 4.5% in Winston-Salem
$5,065/mo
$1,385 less than Winston-Salem
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
110% more expensive than Winston-Salem
vs $283k in Winston-Salem
4.7M
vs 696k in Winston-Salem
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Winston-Salem only logs 186 pleasant days. Hot stretches show up, though: 47 days above 95° here, 8 in Winston-Salem.
69/100
28% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 54/100 in Winston-Salem
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
30% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 71/100 in Winston-Salem
14
0% fewer than Winston-Salem
vs 0 nonstops in Winston-Salem
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