on $100k a year, leaving Salem
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 Salem ran you
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
111% more expensive than Salem(vs $1,642/mo)
9.3%
$46/mo more in state tax than Salem
vs 8.75% in Salem
$4,088/mo
$1,874 less than Salem
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
297% more expensive than Salem
vs $452k in Salem
1.9M
vs 437k in Salem
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Salem barely cracks 201 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 62.0× the events of Salem.
70/100
1% higher than Salem
vs 69/100 in Salem
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
8% higher than Salem
vs 88/100 in Salem
29
0% fewer than Salem
vs 0 nonstops in Salem
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