$100k salary, packing up from Springfield
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 Springfield 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
178% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)
9.3%
$383/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 4.7% in Springfield
$4,088/mo
$2,605 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
570% more expensive than Springfield
vs $268k in Springfield
1.9M
vs 491k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Springfield barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 3.9× the events of Springfield.
70/100
40% higher than Springfield
vs 50/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
7% higher than Springfield
vs 89/100 in Springfield
29
222% more than Springfield
vs 9 nonstops in Springfield
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