on $100k a year, leaving Omaha
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 Omaha ran you
San Jose doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Jose is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
146% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
9.3%
$288/mo more in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$4,088/mo
$2,347 less than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
487% more expensive than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
1.9M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Omaha only logs 145 pleasant days.
On par with Omaha for events and shows.
70/100
32% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
9% higher than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
29
53% more than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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