on $100k a year, leaving El Paso
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
pricier each month than El Paso
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
136% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$4,088/mo
$2,772 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
677% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
1.9M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
El Paso only logs 222 pleasant days.
A month here packs 2.1× the events of El Paso.
70/100
8% higher than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
2% higher than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
29
123% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
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