$100k a year, no longer in Fort Collins
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 Fort Collins
Spokane runs on a fraction of Fort Collins's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
23% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$6,813/mo
$817 more than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
27% cheaper than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
600k
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Fort Collins gets 177 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
37.0× the events of Fort Collins, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
17% higher than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
6% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
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94% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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