$100k salary, packing up from Riverside

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Seattle, WA cityscape

if you left riverside

Seattle

wa · metro 4.0M

photo: Thom Milkovic / unsplash

a dispatch from

seattle

WA

47.61°N

122.33°W

Seattle is coffee snobs, ferries crossing the sound, mountains in two directions, and misty mornings that make the espresso taste better. Pike Place still throws fish, the salmon is genuinely better here, and the Cascades sit right outside your window like a movie backdrop. The hippie greenmarket soul still runs through everything the tech money has built. Bring layers.

metro4.0M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,075

below Riverside's monthly cost

Seattle sits well below Riverside on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

12% cheaper than Riverside(vs $2,493/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$775/mo less in state tax than Riverside

vs 9.3% in Riverside

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$1,075 more than Riverside

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$791k

33% more expensive than Riverside

vs $595k in Riverside

05metro size

4.0M

vs 4.7M in Riverside

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Riverside edges ahead with 249 pleasant days.

A month here packs 42.3× the events of Riverside.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

35% higher than Riverside

vs 69/100 in Riverside

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Rainier National Park, 59.8 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

7% higher than Riverside

vs 92/100 in Riverside

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

543% more than Riverside

vs 14 nonstops in Riverside

04 · see also

same energy as seattle, different zip code:

see also

portland

similar overall lifestyle

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see also

trenton

more flight options

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see also

salt lake city

$198/mo cheaper

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compare seattle with:

PortlandTrentonSalt Lake City