$100k a year, no longer in Las Vegas
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 Las Vegas 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
100% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas
vs 0% in Las Vegas
$4,088/mo
$2,514 less than Las Vegas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
298% more expensive than Las Vegas
vs $451k in Las Vegas
1.9M
vs 2.3M in Las Vegas
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Las Vegas only logs 210 pleasant days.
Las Vegas hosts 56.6× more events.
70/100
12% lower than Las Vegas
vs 80/100 in Las Vegas
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
16% higher than Las Vegas
vs 82/100 in Las Vegas
29
78% fewer than Las Vegas
vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas
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