on $100k a year, leaving Lincoln
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 Lincoln 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
165% more expensive than Lincoln(vs $1,311/mo)
9.3%
$288/mo more in state tax than Lincoln
vs 5.84% in Lincoln
$4,088/mo
$2,448 less than Lincoln
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
495% more expensive than Lincoln
vs $302k in Lincoln
1.9M
vs 344k in Lincoln
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Lincoln keeps to 152 pleasant days a year.
148% more happening than in Lincoln.
70/100
32% higher than Lincoln
vs 53/100 in Lincoln
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
27% higher than Lincoln
vs 75/100 in Lincoln
29
867% more than Lincoln
vs 3 nonstops in Lincoln
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