on $100k a year, leaving Kennewick
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
pricier each month than Kennewick
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
106% more expensive than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$4,088/mo
$2,559 less than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
307% more expensive than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
1.9M
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Kennewick barely cracks 199 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 62.0× the events of Kennewick.
70/100
5% lower than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
73% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
29
263% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
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