$100k salary, packing up from Gainesville
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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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below Gainesville's monthly cost
Spokane and Gainesville land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
8% cheaper than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Gainesville
$6,813/mo
$125 more than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
33% more expensive than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
600k
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Gainesville actually gets more: 206 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Gainesville.
A real upgrade on things to do: 12.3× Gainesville's pace.
81/100
29% higher than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
0% lower than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
10
100% more than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
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