on $100k a year, leaving Cape Coral
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 Cape Coral ran you
San Jose doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Jose is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
87% more expensive than Cape Coral(vs $1,859/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Cape Coral
vs 0% in Cape Coral
$4,088/mo
$2,386 less than Cape Coral
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
406% more expensive than Cape Coral
vs $355k in Cape Coral
1.9M
vs 835k in Cape Coral
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Cape Coral only logs 250 pleasant days.
70/100
27% higher than Cape Coral
vs 55/100 in Cape Coral
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
126% higher than Cape Coral
vs 42/100 in Cape Coral
29
12% fewer than Cape Coral
vs 33 nonstops in Cape Coral
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