with $100k coming in, swapping out of Columbus
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 Columbus
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Columbus, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
20% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
0%
$457/mo less in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$6,813/mo
$201 more than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
102% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
600k
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Columbus gets 177 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Columbus's 2.
1.6× the events of Columbus, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
72% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
17% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
10
900% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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