same $100k income, fresh start from Greensboro
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 Greensboro ran you
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
143% more expensive than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Greensboro
vs 4.5% in Greensboro
$4,088/mo
$2,442 less than Greensboro
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
567% more expensive than Greensboro
vs $269k in Greensboro
1.9M
vs 790k in Greensboro
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Greensboro barely cracks 189 pleasant ones.
Comparable to Greensboro for events and concerts.
70/100
30% higher than Greensboro
vs 54/100 in Greensboro
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
8% higher than Greensboro
vs 88/100 in Greensboro
29
107% more than Greensboro
vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro
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