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→Greensboro
Greensboro was the site of the 1960 Woolworth sit-in (the original lunch counter is preserved at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, downtown). Four major colleges feed the city, the food scene leans BBQ and good coffee, and the surrounding Piedmont rolls gently in every direction. It's the geographic center of North Carolina, which makes it a useful base for everything else in the state.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,428/mo
$1,567/mo less than Oxnard (110%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$269k
$653k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.5%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,530/mo
Greensboro has $1,967/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
189 days
153 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
8 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
6 days
days below 20°F per year
Greensboro has 8 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Greensboro drops below 20°F on 6 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
54 / 100
20.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
14 routes
14 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
790k metro
Oxnard has 2.0x fewer events per month than Greensboro.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Greensboro
categories won
Greensboro wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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