$100k salary, packing up from Albuquerque
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spokane
WA
47.66°N
117.43°W
Spokane is eastern Washington's anchor city, very different from Seattle: drier, sunnier, with the Spokane River tumbling through downtown in actual waterfalls. Riverfront Park (built for the 1974 World's Fair) is the city's living room. Bing Crosby was born here. Mt. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Lake are nearby. The Bloomsday run every May draws around 40,000 people. Affordable and outdoorsy.
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less monthly outlay than Albuquerque
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Albuquerque, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
2% more expensive than Albuquerque(vs $1,489/mo)
0%
$492/mo less in state tax than Albuquerque
vs 5.9% in Albuquerque
$6,813/mo
$460 more than Albuquerque
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
20% more expensive than Albuquerque
vs $351k in Albuquerque
600k
vs 924k in Albuquerque
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Albuquerque actually gets more: 205 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 6 in Albuquerque.
A similar weekend lineup to Albuquerque.
81/100
0% lower than Albuquerque
vs 81/100 in Albuquerque
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% lower than Albuquerque
vs 94/100 in Albuquerque
10
57% fewer than Albuquerque
vs 23 nonstops in Albuquerque
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