$100k a year, no longer in Bridgeport

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San Diego, CA cityscape

if you left bridgeport

San Diego

ca · metro 3.3M

a dispatch from

san diego

CA

32.72°N

117.16°W

San Diego is the city most Californians secretly wish they lived in: 70°F, sunny, and a beach for every mood. Fish tacos are religion, Balboa Park is bigger than Central Park and packed with museums, and the craft beer scene is one of the best in the country. The zoo is world-famous and the burritos are aggressively underrated. Even the freeways feel relaxed here.

metro3.3M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$440

the monthly cost of moving past Bridgeport

San Diego costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the san diego entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,890/mo

4% more expensive than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$317/mo more in state tax than Bridgeport

vs 5.5% in Bridgeport

03after rent

$4,668/mo

$440 less than Bridgeport

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$1010k

32% more expensive than Bridgeport

vs $768k in Bridgeport

05metro size

3.3M

vs 952k in Bridgeport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

332

pleasant days a year, in san diego.

Bridgeport only manages 172 of those.

2386% more happening than in Bridgeport.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

17% higher than Bridgeport

vs 64/100 in Bridgeport

Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.

·walk score®

99/100

8% higher than Bridgeport

vs 92/100 in Bridgeport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

55

5400% more than Bridgeport

vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport

04 · see also

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