$100k salary, packing up from Grand Rapids
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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under Grand Rapids, every month
Spokane gives you room Grand Rapids doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% cheaper than Grand Rapids(vs $1,620/mo)
0%
$354/mo less in state tax than Grand Rapids
vs 4.25% in Grand Rapids
$6,813/mo
$454 more than Grand Rapids
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
19% more expensive than Grand Rapids
vs $353k in Grand Rapids
600k
vs 1.2M in Grand Rapids
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Grand Rapids only logs 151 pleasant days.
Grand Rapids hosts 1.9× more events.
81/100
45% higher than Grand Rapids
vs 56/100 in Grand Rapids
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
6% lower than Grand Rapids
vs 97/100 in Grand Rapids
10
50% fewer than Grand Rapids
vs 20 nonstops in Grand Rapids
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