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→York
York calls itself the White Rose City, claims to be America's first capital (Continental Congress met here briefly in 1777), and is the home of the Harley-Davidson assembly plant (factory tours available). The market houses in town go back over 100 years. The downtown is brick and walkable, the surrounding farm country is gorgeous, and the Susquehanna River is a quick drive east. Quietly historic.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,361/mo
$1,634/mo less than Oxnard (120%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$310k
$613k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
3.1%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,717/mo
York has $2,154/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
159 days
183 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
4 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
27 days
days below 20°F per year
York drops below 20°F on 27 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
64 / 100
10.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
12 routes
12 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
465k metro
Oxnard has 24.0x more events per month than York.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
5
York
categories won
York wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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