$100k salary, packing up from Salinas

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San Francisco, CA cityscape

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San Francisco

ca · metro 4.6M

photo: Andrew Whitmore / unsplash

a dispatch from

san francisco

CA

37.77°N

122.42°W

San Francisco is hills, fog, Mission burritos the size of forearms, and pastel Victorians stacked like dominoes. Karl the Fog has his own Instagram, the cable cars are still mechanically pulled by cables running under the street, and the Pacific shows up at the end of every west-bound avenue. The food is wildly good, the views are theatrical, and yes, you'll get cardio just walking to the corner store.

metro4.6M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$333

the monthly premium over Salinas

You'd pay for San Francisco. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the san francisco entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$3,146/mo

12% more expensive than Salinas(vs $2,813/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

vs 9.3% in Salinas

03after rent

$4,412/mo

$333 less than Salinas

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

04a house here

$1239k

44% more expensive than Salinas

vs $862k in Salinas

05metro size

4.6M

vs 431k in Salinas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

312

pleasant days a year, in san francisco.

Salinas has the edge here, logging 335 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

83/100

17% higher than Salinas

vs 71/100 in Salinas

Closest outdoor draw: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 1.5 mi.

·walk score®

99/100

25% higher than Salinas

vs 79/100 in Salinas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

111

1750% more than Salinas

vs 6 nonstops in Salinas

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as san francisco:

see also

san diego

$256/mo cheaper

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honolulu

$162/mo cheaper

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los angeles

$247/mo cheaper

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