on $100k a year, leaving Oxnard
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 Oxnard ran you
San Jose costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
16% more expensive than Oxnard(vs $2,995/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Oxnard
$4,088/mo
$475 less than Oxnard
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
95% more expensive than Oxnard
vs $923k in Oxnard
1.9M
vs 830k in Oxnard
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Oxnard has the edge here, logging 342 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 2.6× the events of Oxnard.
70/100
5% lower than Oxnard
vs 74/100 in Oxnard
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% lower than Oxnard
vs 96/100 in Oxnard
29
0% fewer than Oxnard
vs 0 nonstops in Oxnard
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