same $100k income, fresh start from Asheville
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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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cheaper each month than Asheville
Not a fortune, but real money. Spokane runs cheaper than Asheville month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
13% cheaper than Asheville(vs $1,738/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Asheville
vs 4.5% in Asheville
$6,813/mo
$593 more than Asheville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
2% cheaper than Asheville
vs $430k in Asheville
600k
vs 417k in Asheville
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Asheville gets 201 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 13 in Asheville.
A similar weekend lineup to Asheville.
81/100
23% higher than Asheville
vs 66/100 in Asheville
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
44% higher than Asheville
vs 63/100 in Asheville
10
25% more than Asheville
vs 8 nonstops in Asheville
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