$100k a year, no longer in Bridgeport
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 expensive each month than Bridgeport
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
25% more expensive than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)
9.3%
$317/mo more in state tax than Bridgeport
vs 5.5% in Bridgeport
$4,088/mo
$1,020 less than Bridgeport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
134% more expensive than Bridgeport
vs $768k in Bridgeport
1.9M
vs 952k in Bridgeport
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Bridgeport barely cracks 172 pleasant ones.
8.9× the events of Bridgeport, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
9% higher than Bridgeport
vs 64/100 in Bridgeport
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% higher than Bridgeport
vs 92/100 in Bridgeport
29
2800% more than Bridgeport
vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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