$100k a year, no longer in Reading
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
the monthly cost of moving past Reading
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
135% more expensive than Reading(vs $1,478/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than Reading
vs 3.07% in Reading
$4,088/mo
$2,512 less than Reading
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
478% more expensive than Reading
vs $311k in Reading
1.9M
vs 433k in Reading
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Reading barely cracks 157 pleasant ones.
114% more happening than in Reading.
70/100
8% higher than Reading
vs 65/100 in Reading
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
12% higher than Reading
vs 85/100 in Reading
29
0% fewer than Reading
vs 0 nonstops in Reading
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