$100k a year, no longer in Lafayette
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 Lafayette
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Spokane is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
14% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,813/mo
$62 more than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
110% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
600k
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Lafayette edges ahead with 211 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Lafayette's 0.
640% more happening than in Lafayette.
81/100
88% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
10
233% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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