on $100k a year, leaving York
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
pricier each month than York
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
155% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
9.3%
$519/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$4,088/mo
$2,629 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
479% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
1.9M
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
York only manages 159 of those.
6100% more happening than in York.
70/100
9% higher than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
2% higher than York
vs 93/100 in York
29
142% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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