on $100k a year, leaving Chattanooga
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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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under Chattanooga, every month
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Spokane is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
0% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Chattanooga
$6,813/mo
$4 more than Chattanooga
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
30% more expensive than Chattanooga
vs $322k in Chattanooga
600k
vs 580k in Chattanooga
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Chattanooga actually gets more: 167 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Chattanooga's 5.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.6× more on the calendar than Chattanooga.
81/100
17% higher than Chattanooga
vs 69/100 in Chattanooga
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
11% higher than Chattanooga
vs 82/100 in Chattanooga
10
25% more than Chattanooga
vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga
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