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Spokane, WA cityscape

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Spokane

wa · metro 600k

a 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.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$693

cheaper each month than Duluth

Not a fortune, but real money. Spokane runs cheaper than Duluth month over month.
landable, recorded on the spokane entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,520/mo

3% cheaper than Duluth(vs $1,559/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$654/mo less in state tax than Duluth

vs 7.85% in Duluth

03after rent

$6,813/mo

$693 more than Duluth

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$420k

66% more expensive than Duluth

vs $252k in Duluth

05metro size

600k

vs 282k in Duluth

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

164

pleasant days a year, in spokane.

Duluth only manages 132 of those.

A similar weekend lineup to Duluth.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

81/100

11% higher than Duluth

vs 73/100 in Duluth

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.

·walk score®

91/100

194% higher than Duluth

vs 31/100 in Duluth

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

10

150% more than Duluth

vs 4 nonstops in Duluth

04 · see also

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