$100k a year, no longer in Mobile
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 Mobile ran you
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
167% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
9.3%
$358/mo more in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$4,088/mo
$2,527 less than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
827% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
1.9M
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Mobile only logs 225 pleasant days.
158% more happening than in Mobile.
70/100
19% higher than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
38% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
29
480% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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