on $100k a year, leaving Houston
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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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lighter monthly cost than Houston
A near-tie on cost. What separates Spokane is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% cheaper than Houston(vs $1,610/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Houston
$6,813/mo
$90 more than Houston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
35% more expensive than Houston
vs $311k in Houston
600k
vs 7.5M in Houston
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Houston gets 171 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Houston's 1.
Houston hosts 5.7× more events.
81/100
47% higher than Houston
vs 55/100 in Houston
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
18% higher than Houston
vs 77/100 in Houston
10
94% fewer than Houston
vs 176 nonstops in Houston
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