on $100k a year, leaving Asheville
changea dispatch from
san jose
CA
37.34°N
121.89°W
San Jose is Silicon Valley's anchor city, much bigger than San Francisco by population, and culturally underrated because everyone drives through it on the way somewhere else. The Vietnamese food scene (especially in Little Saigon) is one of the best in the country. The weather is impossibly mild, the Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, and the tech money funds a genuinely excellent restaurant scene.
the verdict
more each month than Asheville ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Asheville. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
100% more expensive than Asheville(vs $1,738/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Asheville
vs 4.5% in Asheville
$4,088/mo
$2,132 less than Asheville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
318% more expensive than Asheville
vs $430k in Asheville
1.9M
vs 417k in Asheville
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Asheville only manages 201 of those.
A month here packs 1.8× the events of Asheville.
70/100
6% higher than Asheville
vs 66/100 in Asheville
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
51% higher than Asheville
vs 63/100 in Asheville
29
263% more than Asheville
vs 8 nonstops in Asheville
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