$100k a year, no longer in York
changea dispatch from
sacramento
CA
38.58°N
121.49°W
Sacramento is California's capital and California's pantry, sitting at the heart of one of the most productive farm regions on earth. The 'Farm to Fork' food movement isn't marketing here, it's just dinner. Two rivers meet downtown, summer afternoons are dry and hot enough to justify ice cream as a meal, and Tahoe is a two-hour drive when you need elevation. It's quieter than its big-city neighbors and likes it that way.
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past York
Sacramento doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Sacramento is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,226/mo
64% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$5,332/mo
$1,385 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$589k
90% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
2.4M
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
211
pleasant days a year, in sacramento.
York barely cracks 159 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 56 days top 95° vs York's 4.
8300% more happening than in York.
75/100
17% higher than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 33.8 mi.
98/100
5% higher than York
vs 93/100 in York
28
133% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
neighbors of sacramento on the map of tradeoffs:
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