$100k a year, no longer in Ogden
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 Ogden ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Ogden. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
111% more expensive than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)
9.3%
$388/mo more in state tax than Ogden
vs 4.65% in Ogden
$4,088/mo
$2,217 less than Ogden
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
243% more expensive than Ogden
vs $524k in Ogden
1.9M
vs 658k in Ogden
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Ogden only manages 174 of those.
31.0× the events of Ogden, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
12% lower than Ogden
vs 80/100 in Ogden
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
13% higher than Ogden
vs 84/100 in Ogden
29
68% fewer than Ogden
vs 90 nonstops in Ogden
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