same $100k income, fresh start from Santa Rosa
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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 expensive each month than Santa Rosa
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
11% more expensive than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$4,668/mo
$293 less than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1010k
24% more expensive than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
3.3M
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
332
pleasant days a year, in san diego.
Santa Rosa only manages 254 of those.
A month here packs 174.0× the events of Santa Rosa.
75/100
9% higher than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
55
1275% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
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