with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville
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
135% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$4,088/mo
$2,393 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
597% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
1.9M
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Fayetteville only logs 193 pleasant days.
313% more happening than in Fayetteville.
70/100
37% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
25% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
29
625% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
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