$100k salary, packing up from Chicago
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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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less monthly outlay than Chicago
Spokane sits well below Chicago on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
30% cheaper than Chicago(vs $2,170/mo)
0%
$412/mo less in state tax than Chicago
vs 4.95% in Chicago
$6,813/mo
$1,062 more than Chicago
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
15% more expensive than Chicago
vs $365k in Chicago
600k
vs 9.3M in Chicago
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Chicago keeps to 153 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Chicago stays 35.0× busier.
81/100
16% higher than Chicago
vs 70/100 in Chicago
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
9% lower than Chicago
vs 100/100 in Chicago
10
95% fewer than Chicago
vs 217 nonstops in Chicago
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