on $100k a year, leaving Charlotte
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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under Charlotte, every month
Spokane gives you room Charlotte doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
12% cheaper than Charlotte(vs $1,728/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Charlotte
vs 4.5% in Charlotte
$6,813/mo
$583 more than Charlotte
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
7% more expensive than Charlotte
vs $391k in Charlotte
600k
vs 2.8M in Charlotte
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Charlotte actually gets more: 200 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 3 in Charlotte.
But the calendar thins out: Charlotte stays 3.1× busier.
81/100
59% higher than Charlotte
vs 51/100 in Charlotte
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% lower than Charlotte
vs 94/100 in Charlotte
10
93% fewer than Charlotte
vs 141 nonstops in Charlotte
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