$100k a year, no longer in Spokane
changea dispatch from
grand rapids
MI
42.96°N
85.67°W
Grand Rapids has won Beer City USA multiple times, hosts ArtPrize (one of the world's largest open art competitions every fall), and built itself on furniture (Steelcase, Herman Miller). The Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park is a sleeper world-class attraction. Downtown is walkable, the surrounding farmland is gorgeous in autumn, and Lake Michigan beaches are 30 minutes west. Quietly excellent.
the verdict
more expensive each month than Spokane
Grand Rapids runs a little pricier than Spokane. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,620/mo
7% more expensive than Spokane(vs $1,520/mo)
4.25%
$354/mo more in state tax than Spokane
vs 0% in Spokane
$6,359/mo
$454 less than Spokane
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
16% cheaper than Spokane
vs $420k in Spokane
1.2M
vs 600k in Spokane
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Spokane edges ahead with 164 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 50 days under 20°, vs 34 in Spokane.
1.9× the events of Spokane, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
31% lower than Spokane
vs 81/100 in Spokane
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
7% higher than Spokane
vs 91/100 in Spokane
20
100% more than Spokane
vs 10 nonstops in Spokane
neighbors of grand rapids on the map of tradeoffs:
