$100k a year, no longer in Honolulu
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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cheaper each month than Honolulu
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
47% cheaper than Honolulu(vs $2,843/mo)
0%
$917/mo less in state tax than Honolulu
vs 11% in Honolulu
$6,813/mo
$2,239 more than Honolulu
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
60% cheaper than Honolulu
vs $1061k in Honolulu
600k
vs 989k in Honolulu
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Honolulu has the edge here, logging 316 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Honolulu's 0.
Honolulu hosts 2.6× more events.
81/100
47% higher than Honolulu
vs 55/100 in Honolulu
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than Honolulu
vs 99/100 in Honolulu
10
80% fewer than Honolulu
vs 51 nonstops in Honolulu
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