$100k salary, packing up from Fort Wayne
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 Wayne
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
192% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$4,088/mo
$2,808 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
608% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
1.9M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Fort Wayne barely cracks 161 pleasant ones.
3.0× the events of Fort Wayne, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
52% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
6% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
29
190% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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