on $100k a year, leaving Des Moines
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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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under Des Moines, every month
Spokane gives you room Des Moines doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
20% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
0%
$500/mo less in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$6,813/mo
$248 more than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
40% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
600k
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Des Moines only logs 151 pleasant days.
Comparable to Des Moines for events and concerts.
81/100
47% higher than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
17% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
10
41% fewer than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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