with $100k coming in, swapping out of Boston
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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cheaper each month than Boston
Spokane is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
52% cheaper than Boston(vs $3,145/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Boston
vs 5% in Boston
$6,813/mo
$2,041 more than Boston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
45% cheaper than Boston
vs $771k in Boston
600k
vs 4.9M in Boston
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Boston keeps to 160 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: Boston packs 4.5× more into a month.
81/100
14% higher than Boston
vs 71/100 in Boston
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Boston
vs 98/100 in Boston
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90% fewer than Boston
vs 103 nonstops in Boston
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