$100k salary, packing up from Corpus Christi
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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the monthly premium over Corpus Christi
A small premium for Spokane. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
8% more expensive than Corpus Christi(vs $1,410/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Corpus Christi
$6,813/mo
$110 less than Corpus Christi
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
90% more expensive than Corpus Christi
vs $221k in Corpus Christi
600k
vs 446k in Corpus Christi
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Corpus Christi has the edge here, logging 171 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Corpus Christi's 0.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.2× Corpus Christi's pace.
81/100
62% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 50/100 in Corpus Christi
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
30% higher than Corpus Christi
vs 70/100 in Corpus Christi
10
150% more than Corpus Christi
vs 4 nonstops in Corpus Christi
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