with $100k coming in, swapping out of Myrtle Beach
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 expensive each month than Myrtle Beach
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
101% more expensive than Myrtle Beach(vs $1,727/mo)
9.3%
$233/mo more in state tax than Myrtle Beach
vs 6.5% in Myrtle Beach
$4,088/mo
$1,977 less than Myrtle Beach
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
398% more expensive than Myrtle Beach
vs $361k in Myrtle Beach
1.9M
vs 397k in Myrtle Beach
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Myrtle Beach only logs 249 pleasant days.
170% more happening than in Myrtle Beach.
70/100
21% higher than Myrtle Beach
vs 58/100 in Myrtle Beach
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
73% higher than Myrtle Beach
vs 55/100 in Myrtle Beach
29
26% more than Myrtle Beach
vs 23 nonstops in Myrtle Beach
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