with $100k coming in, swapping out of Worcester
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 premium over Worcester
Riverside costs more than Worcester, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
16% more expensive than Worcester(vs $2,140/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Worcester
vs 5% in Worcester
$5,065/mo
$712 less than Worcester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
23% more expensive than Worcester
vs $486k in Worcester
4.7M
vs 867k in Worcester
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
Worcester only logs 148 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 47 days top 95° vs Worcester's 1.
80% fewer events than Worcester. The pace eases up.
69/100
17% higher than Worcester
vs 59/100 in Worcester
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
2% higher than Worcester
vs 90/100 in Worcester
14
600% more than Worcester
vs 2 nonstops in Worcester
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