on $100k a year, leaving Dayton
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 Dayton ran you
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
163% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)
9.3%
$443/mo more in state tax than Dayton
vs 3.99% in Dayton
$4,088/mo
$2,592 less than Dayton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
1194% more expensive than Dayton
vs $139k in Dayton
1.9M
vs 808k in Dayton
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Dayton only manages 171 of those.
A month here packs 4.4× the events of Dayton.
70/100
13% higher than Dayton
vs 62/100 in Dayton
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
7% higher than Dayton
vs 89/100 in Dayton
29
81% more than Dayton
vs 16 nonstops in Dayton
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