$100k salary, packing up from South Bend
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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 South Bend ran you
San Diego is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,890/mo
108% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than South Bend
vs 3% in South Bend
$4,668/mo
$2,024 less than South Bend
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1010k
339% more expensive than South Bend
vs $230k in South Bend
3.3M
vs 324k in South Bend
field notes, weather & such.
332
pleasant days a year, in san diego.
South Bend barely cracks 157 pleasant ones.
924% more happening than in South Bend.
75/100
42% higher than South Bend
vs 53/100 in South Bend
Closest outdoor draw: Silver Strand State Beach, 4.8 mi.
99/100
21% higher than South Bend
vs 82/100 in South Bend
55
511% more than South Bend
vs 9 nonstops in South Bend
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