on $100k a year, leaving Fort Collins
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 premium over Fort Collins
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
76% more expensive than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$4,088/mo
$1,908 less than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
214% more expensive than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
1.9M
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Fort Collins only manages 177 of those.
6100% more happening than in Fort Collins.
70/100
1% higher than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
10% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
29
83% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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