01 · the cities
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, sitting on Long Island Sound with a working harbor and a real waterfront. P.T. Barnum lived here and the city's museum still pays tribute to his weird genius. It's a quick train ride to New York, with much cheaper housing and proper New England summers. The food scene punches above its weight, with old-school Portuguese and Brazilian spots packed every weekend.
full dispatch→Riverside
Riverside is where the navel orange got its start in America, with the parent tree from 1873 still alive and producing fruit on a downtown corner. The Mission Inn is a wildly ornate Spanish Revival hotel that hosts the country's biggest holiday lights festival. Riverside's downtown is genuinely walkable, with citrus groves still scattered through the foothills. Summers are dry and bright, with the foothills cooling the evenings.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,767/mo
$2,493/mo
$274/mo less than Bridgeport (11%)
Median home price
Median home price
$768k
$595k
$173k less than Bridgeport
State income tax
State income tax
5.5%
9.3%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,108/mo
$5,065/mo
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
172 days
249 days
77 more than Bridgeport
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
47 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
15 days
0 days
days below 20°F per year
Riverside has 47 more days above 95°F each year than Bridgeport. Bridgeport drops below 20°F on 15 more days per year than Riverside.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
64 / 100
69 / 100
5.0 pts ahead of Bridgeport
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
1 routes
14 routes
13 more direct routes than Bridgeport
Metro size
Metro size
952k metro
4.7M metro
Bridgeport has 1.2x more events per month than Riverside.
the verdict
3
Bridgeport
categories won
6
Riverside
categories won
Riverside leads on weather and lifestyle and wins overall.
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