$100k a year, no longer in Sacramento
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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.
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more each month than Sacramento ran you
San Diego costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$2,890/mo
30% more expensive than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$4,668/mo
$664 less than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1010k
71% more expensive than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
3.3M
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
332
pleasant days a year, in san diego.
Sacramento only manages 211 of those.
107% more happening than in Sacramento.
75/100
0% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
55
96% more than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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