same $100k income, fresh start from Birmingham
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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 Birmingham
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Birmingham.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
8% more expensive than Birmingham(vs $1,407/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Birmingham
vs 5% in Birmingham
$6,813/mo
$303 more than Birmingham
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
61% more expensive than Birmingham
vs $261k in Birmingham
600k
vs 1.2M in Birmingham
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Birmingham actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Birmingham's 4.
Lighter on events: Birmingham packs 2.4× more into a month.
81/100
33% higher than Birmingham
vs 61/100 in Birmingham
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
15% higher than Birmingham
vs 79/100 in Birmingham
10
50% fewer than Birmingham
vs 20 nonstops in Birmingham
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