$100k salary, packing up from Boise
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
the monthly cost of moving past Boise
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
93% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)
9.3%
$292/mo more in state tax than Boise
vs 5.8% in Boise
$4,088/mo
$1,968 less than Boise
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
266% more expensive than Boise
vs $490k in Boise
1.9M
vs 827k in Boise
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Boise barely cracks 166 pleasant ones.
59% more happening than in Boise.
70/100
15% lower than Boise
vs 82/100 in Boise
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% lower than Boise
vs 96/100 in Boise
29
81% more than Boise
vs 16 nonstops in Boise
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