$100k salary, packing up from Riverside
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 Riverside 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
39% more expensive than Riverside(vs $2,493/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Riverside
$4,088/mo
$977 less than Riverside
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
202% more expensive than Riverside
vs $595k in Riverside
1.9M
vs 4.7M in Riverside
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Riverside only logs 249 pleasant days.
933% more happening than in Riverside.
70/100
1% higher than Riverside
vs 69/100 in Riverside
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% higher than Riverside
vs 92/100 in Riverside
29
107% more than Riverside
vs 14 nonstops in Riverside
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