same $100k income, fresh start from Austin
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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 Austin
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Spokane is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
4% cheaper than Austin(vs $1,583/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Austin
$6,813/mo
$63 more than Austin
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
3% cheaper than Austin
vs $433k in Austin
600k
vs 2.5M in Austin
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Austin gets 170 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Austin's 1.
Lighter on events: Austin packs 3.2× more into a month.
81/100
45% higher than Austin
vs 56/100 in Austin
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than Austin
vs 99/100 in Austin
10
76% fewer than Austin
vs 42 nonstops in Austin
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