$100k salary, packing up from Colorado Springs
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 Colorado Springs
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Colorado Springs, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
12% cheaper than Colorado Springs(vs $1,733/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Colorado Springs
vs 4.4% in Colorado Springs
$6,813/mo
$579 more than Colorado Springs
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
9% cheaper than Colorado Springs
vs $463k in Colorado Springs
600k
vs 769k in Colorado Springs
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Colorado Springs edges ahead with 184 pleasant days.
Things to do run about even with Colorado Springs.
81/100
14% higher than Colorado Springs
vs 71/100 in Colorado Springs
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
14% higher than Colorado Springs
vs 80/100 in Colorado Springs
10
9% fewer than Colorado Springs
vs 11 nonstops in Colorado Springs
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