same $100k income, fresh start from Nashville
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 Nashville ran you
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
94% more expensive than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$4,088/mo
$2,455 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
289% more expensive than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
1.9M
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Nashville keeps to 173 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Nashville stays 4.6× busier.
70/100
25% higher than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
29
38% fewer than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
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