with $100k coming in, swapping out of Madison
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 cost of moving past Madison
San Jose doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Jose is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
107% more expensive than Madison(vs $1,673/mo)
9.3%
$252/mo more in state tax than Madison
vs 6.27% in Madison
$4,088/mo
$2,050 less than Madison
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
287% more expensive than Madison
vs $465k in Madison
1.9M
vs 694k in Madison
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Madison barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.
1.6× the events of Madison, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
4% higher than Madison
vs 67/100 in Madison
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
8% higher than Madison
vs 88/100 in Madison
29
164% more than Madison
vs 11 nonstops in Madison
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