01 · the cities
Oxnard
Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.
full dispatch→Greeley
Greeley is northern Colorado's ag city, sitting on the South Platte River with cattle feedlots, sugar beets, and the University of Northern Colorado. The annual Greeley Stampede every July is one of the bigger rodeos in the country. It's an honest, wide-sky kind of town with deep ag roots. Cheaper than Fort Collins, with mountain access still under an hour away.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,698/mo
$1,297/mo less than Oxnard (76%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$497k
$426k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.4%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,269/mo
Greeley has $1,706/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
177 days
165 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
11 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
44 days
days below 20°F per year
Greeley has 11 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Greeley drops below 20°F on 44 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
67 / 100
7.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
169 routes
169 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
359k metro
Oxnard has 6.0x more events per month than Greeley.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Greeley
categories won
Greeley wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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