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Spokane, WA cityscape

swapping out of cleveland

Spokane

wa · metro 600k

a 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.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$231

under Cleveland, every month

Spokane is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the spokane entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,520/mo

7% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$332/mo less in state tax than Cleveland

vs 3.99% in Cleveland

03after rent

$6,813/mo

$231 more than Cleveland

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$420k

67% more expensive than Cleveland

vs $252k in Cleveland

05metro size

600k

vs 2.2M in Cleveland

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

164

pleasant days a year, in spokane.

Cleveland keeps to 159 pleasant days a year.

Cleveland hosts 2.4× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

81/100

29% higher than Cleveland

vs 63/100 in Cleveland

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.

·walk score®

91/100

5% lower than Cleveland

vs 96/100 in Cleveland

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

10

82% fewer than Cleveland

vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland

04 · see also

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