$100k a year, no longer in Olympia
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 Olympia 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
74% more expensive than Olympia(vs $1,991/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Olympia
vs 0% in Olympia
$4,088/mo
$2,254 less than Olympia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
237% more expensive than Olympia
vs $533k in Olympia
1.9M
vs 299k in Olympia
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Olympia only logs 182 pleasant days.
70/100
12% lower than Olympia
vs 80/100 in Olympia
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
8% higher than Olympia
vs 88/100 in Olympia
29
68% fewer than Olympia
vs 90 nonstops in Olympia
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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