on $100k a year, leaving Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Milwaukee. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
131% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
9.3%
$252/mo more in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$4,088/mo
$2,219 less than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
355% more expensive than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
1.9M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Milwaukee only manages 149 of those.
Comparable to Milwaukee for events and concerts.
70/100
15% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
29
3% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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