same $100k income, fresh start from Lansing
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 Lansing ran you
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
176% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)
9.3%
$421/mo more in state tax than Lansing
vs 4.25% in Lansing
$4,088/mo
$2,632 less than Lansing
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
638% more expensive than Lansing
vs $244k in Lansing
1.9M
vs 473k in Lansing
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Lansing keeps to 153 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 3.4× the events of Lansing.
70/100
23% higher than Lansing
vs 57/100 in Lansing
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
19% higher than Lansing
vs 80/100 in Lansing
29
383% more than Lansing
vs 6 nonstops in Lansing
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