$100k salary, packing up from Lubbock
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 Lubbock
San Jose costs noticeably more than Lubbock. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
151% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$4,088/mo
$2,861 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
752% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
1.9M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Lubbock only manages 186 of those.
7.8× the events of Lubbock, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
1300% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
38% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
29
314% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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