with $100k coming in, swapping out of Hickory
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 Hickory's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Hickory.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,813/mo
$289 more than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
57% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
600k
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Hickory edges ahead with 189 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Hickory's 4.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.9× more on the calendar than Hickory.
81/100
27% higher than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
30% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
10
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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