on $100k a year, leaving York
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 York
Riverside is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
83% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$5,065/mo
$1,652 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
92% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
4.7M
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
York only logs 159 pleasant days. Summer asks for something in return: 47 days top 95° here, 4 in York.
6.0× the events of York, and the calendar shows it.
69/100
8% higher than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
1% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
14
17% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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