with $100k coming in, swapping out of Baton Rouge
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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 Baton Rouge
Spokane and Baton Rouge land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
12% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,813/mo
$91 more than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
68% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
600k
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Baton Rouge gets 187 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Baton Rouge's 1.
A month here packs 2.5× the events of Baton Rouge.
81/100
62% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
21% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
10
150% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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