with $100k coming in, swapping out of Atlanta
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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below Atlanta's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Atlanta.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
16% cheaper than Atlanta(vs $1,814/mo)
0%
$457/mo less in state tax than Atlanta
vs 5.49% in Atlanta
$6,813/mo
$751 more than Atlanta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
9% more expensive than Atlanta
vs $386k in Atlanta
600k
vs 6.3M in Atlanta
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Atlanta has the edge here, logging 204 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Atlanta's 2.
Atlanta hosts 6.5× more events.
81/100
21% higher than Atlanta
vs 67/100 in Atlanta
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than Atlanta
vs 93/100 in Atlanta
10
95% fewer than Atlanta
vs 217 nonstops in Atlanta
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