$100k salary, packing up from Eugene
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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less monthly outlay than Eugene
Spokane runs on a fraction of Eugene's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
16% cheaper than Eugene(vs $1,799/mo)
0%
$729/mo less in state tax than Eugene
vs 8.75% in Eugene
$6,813/mo
$1,008 more than Eugene
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
8% cheaper than Eugene
vs $456k in Eugene
600k
vs 381k in Eugene
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Eugene gets 206 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Eugene's 1.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.4× more on the calendar than Eugene.
81/100
8% higher than Eugene
vs 75/100 in Eugene
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
6% lower than Eugene
vs 97/100 in Eugene
10
11% more than Eugene
vs 9 nonstops in Eugene
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