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Seattle, WA cityscape

if you left spartanburg

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

$218

more each month than Spartanburg ran you

Seattle costs more than Spartanburg, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

53% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$542/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg

vs 6.5% in Spartanburg

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$218 less than Spartanburg

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

04a house here

$791k

185% more expensive than Spartanburg

vs $277k in Spartanburg

05metro size

4.0M

vs 383k in Spartanburg

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Spartanburg gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

A month here packs 16.9× the events of Spartanburg.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

37% higher than Spartanburg

vs 68/100 in Spartanburg

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

·walk score®

98/100

27% higher than Spartanburg

vs 77/100 in Spartanburg

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

350% more than Spartanburg

vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg

04 · see also

neighbors of seattle on the map of tradeoffs:

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