$100k a year, no longer in Hagerstown
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 Hagerstown
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
119% more expensive than Hagerstown(vs $1,587/mo)
9.3%
$92/mo more in state tax than Hagerstown
vs 8.2% in Hagerstown
$4,088/mo
$1,975 less than Hagerstown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
459% more expensive than Hagerstown
vs $321k in Hagerstown
1.9M
vs 305k in Hagerstown
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Hagerstown only logs 160 pleasant days.
3.4× the events of Hagerstown, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
25% higher than Hagerstown
vs 56/100 in Hagerstown
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
8% higher than Hagerstown
vs 88/100 in Hagerstown
29
1350% more than Hagerstown
vs 2 nonstops in Hagerstown
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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