$100k salary, packing up from Corpus Christi
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 Corpus Christi
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
146% more expensive than Corpus Christi(vs $1,410/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Corpus Christi
vs 0% in Corpus Christi
$4,088/mo
$2,835 less than Corpus Christi
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
711% more expensive than Corpus Christi
vs $221k in Corpus Christi
1.9M
vs 446k in Corpus Christi
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Corpus Christi barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
265% more happening than in Corpus Christi.
70/100
40% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 50/100 in Corpus Christi
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
36% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 70/100 in Corpus Christi
29
625% more than Corpus Christi
vs 4 nonstops in Corpus Christi
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
compare san jose with:
