$100k salary, packing up from Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Fayetteville, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
3% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$6,813/mo
$332 more than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
63% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
600k
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Fayetteville has the edge here, logging 193 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 3 in Fayetteville.
2.5× the events of Fayetteville, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
59% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
20% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
10
150% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
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