on $100k a year, leaving Louisville
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
the monthly premium over Louisville
San Jose costs noticeably more than Louisville. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
154% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
9.3%
$400/mo more in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$4,088/mo
$2,502 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
536% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
1.9M
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Louisville keeps to 181 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Louisville stays 1.5× busier.
70/100
30% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% higher than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
29
32% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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