$100k salary, packing up from Detroit
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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below Detroit's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Detroit.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
3% more expensive than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
0%
$354/mo less in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$6,813/mo
$306 more than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
60% more expensive than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
600k
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Detroit only manages 160 of those.
59% fewer events than Detroit. The pace eases up.
81/100
72% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
10
93% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
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