same $100k income, fresh start from St. Louis
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 St. Louis
San Jose costs noticeably more than St. Louis. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
146% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
9.3%
$383/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$4,088/mo
$2,443 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
550% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.9M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
St. Louis keeps to 174 pleasant days a year.
About as much going on as in St. Louis.
70/100
3% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
9% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
29
52% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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