$100k a year, no longer in Ann Arbor
changea dispatch from
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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under Ann Arbor, every month
Spokane runs on a fraction of Ann Arbor's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
27% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)
0%
$354/mo less in state tax than Ann Arbor
vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor
$6,813/mo
$916 more than Ann Arbor
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
2% cheaper than Ann Arbor
vs $429k in Ann Arbor
600k
vs 366k in Ann Arbor
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Ann Arbor only logs 154 pleasant days.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.6× Ann Arbor's pace.
81/100
45% higher than Ann Arbor
vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
6% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor
10
93% fewer than Ann Arbor
vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor
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