with $100k coming in, swapping out of Tallahassee
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 Tallahassee
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
127% more expensive than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee
vs 0% in Tallahassee
$4,088/mo
$2,718 less than Tallahassee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
522% more expensive than Tallahassee
vs $289k in Tallahassee
1.9M
vs 393k in Tallahassee
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Tallahassee barely cracks 186 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 31.0× more on the calendar than Tallahassee.
70/100
21% higher than Tallahassee
vs 58/100 in Tallahassee
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
23% higher than Tallahassee
vs 77/100 in Tallahassee
29
314% more than Tallahassee
vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee
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