$100k a year, no longer in Colorado Springs
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 Colorado Springs
San Jose costs noticeably more than Colorado Springs. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
100% more expensive than Colorado Springs(vs $1,733/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Colorado Springs
vs 4.4% in Colorado Springs
$4,088/mo
$2,146 less than Colorado Springs
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
288% more expensive than Colorado Springs
vs $463k in Colorado Springs
1.9M
vs 769k in Colorado Springs
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Colorado Springs only manages 184 of those.
44% more happening than in Colorado Springs.
70/100
1% lower than Colorado Springs
vs 71/100 in Colorado Springs
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
19% higher than Colorado Springs
vs 80/100 in Colorado Springs
29
164% more than Colorado Springs
vs 11 nonstops in Colorado Springs
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