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→Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is Bricktown's canal and warehouses, the Thunder (who get loud), and the deeply moving Oklahoma City National Memorial. The downtown's grown up fast in the last decade, the food scene leans steaks and Vietnamese (the Asian District is legit), and the surrounding plains give the city an enormous sky. The Cowboy Hall of Fame is more thoughtful than the name suggests.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,376/mo
$1,619/mo less than Oxnard (118%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$246k
$677k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.8%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,562/mo
Oklahoma City has $1,999/mo more gross after rent at $100k
Gross left after rent reflects state income tax but not federal, based on $100k salary. Enter your salary to find your ideal city.
03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
191 days
151 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
26 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
9 days
days below 20°F per year
Oklahoma City has 26 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Oklahoma City drops below 20°F on 9 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
45 / 100
29.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
20 routes
20 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
1.5M metro
Oxnard has 2.0x fewer events per month than Oklahoma City.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Oklahoma City
categories won
Oklahoma City wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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