same $100k income, fresh start from El Paso
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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more expensive each month than El Paso
A small premium for Spokane. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
3% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
0%
vs 0% in El Paso
$6,813/mo
$47 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
82% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
600k
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
El Paso has the edge here, logging 222 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs El Paso's 1.
On par with El Paso for events and shows.
81/100
25% higher than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
10
23% fewer than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
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