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→St. Louis
St. Louis has the Arch (catenary curve and engineering marvel), Forest Park (bigger than Central Park and home to a free zoo, art museum, and history museum), and toasted ravioli, which was invented here. The Cardinals are a religion, the Hill neighborhood is wall-to-wall Italian red sauce, and Imo's makes pizza with Provel cheese that locals defend furiously. The skyline at sunset is underrated.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,411/mo
$1,584/mo less than Oxnard (112%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$277k
$646k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.7%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,531/mo
St. Louis has $1,968/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
174 days
168 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
5 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
22 days
days below 20°F per year
St. Louis has 5 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. St. Louis drops below 20°F on 22 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
68 / 100
6.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
60 routes
60 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
2.8M metro
Oxnard has 3.3x fewer events per month than St. Louis.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
St. Louis
categories won
St. Louis wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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