same $100k income, fresh start from San Francisco
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 expensive each month than San Francisco
San Jose runs a little pricier than San Francisco. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
10% more expensive than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$4,088/mo
$324 less than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
45% more expensive than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
1.9M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
San Francisco edges ahead with 312 pleasant days.
But the calendar thins out: San Francisco stays 4.2× busier.
70/100
16% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
4% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
29
74% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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