$100k a year, no longer in Buffalo
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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less monthly outlay than Buffalo
Spokane is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
11% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
0%
$487/mo less in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$6,813/mo
$341 more than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
50% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
600k
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Buffalo only logs 152 pleasant days.
But the calendar thins out: Buffalo stays 1.8× busier.
81/100
23% higher than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
0% lower than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
10
50% fewer than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
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