with $100k coming in, swapping out of Fresno
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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 Fresno
Spokane is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
24% cheaper than Fresno(vs $1,999/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Fresno
vs 9.3% in Fresno
$6,813/mo
$1,254 more than Fresno
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
1% more expensive than Fresno
vs $418k in Fresno
600k
vs 1.2M in Fresno
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Fresno has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Fresno's 0.
About as much going on as in Fresno.
81/100
23% higher than Fresno
vs 66/100 in Fresno
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Fresno
vs 89/100 in Fresno
10
9% fewer than Fresno
vs 11 nonstops in Fresno
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