on $100k a year, leaving Portland
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 Portland ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Portland. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
52% more expensive than Portland(vs $2,285/mo)
9.3%
$150/mo more in state tax than Portland
vs 7.5% in Portland
$4,088/mo
$1,335 less than Portland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
231% more expensive than Portland
vs $543k in Portland
1.9M
vs 566k in Portland
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Portland only manages 145 of those.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 2.0× more on the calendar than Portland.
70/100
1% lower than Portland
vs 71/100 in Portland
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% lower than Portland
vs 98/100 in Portland
29
1350% more than Portland
vs 2 nonstops in Portland
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