same $100k income, fresh start from Santa Rosa
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 Santa Rosa
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
34% more expensive than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$4,088/mo
$873 less than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
120% more expensive than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
1.9M
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Santa Rosa only logs 254 pleasant days.
A month here packs 62.0× the events of Santa Rosa.
70/100
1% higher than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
29
625% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
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