$100k salary, packing up from Lakeland
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 Lakeland's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Lakeland, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
17% cheaper than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Lakeland
$6,813/mo
$314 more than Lakeland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
39% more expensive than Lakeland
vs $301k in Lakeland
600k
vs 818k in Lakeland
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Lakeland edges ahead with 206 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 0 in Lakeland.
3.1× the events of Lakeland, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
69% higher than Lakeland
vs 48/100 in Lakeland
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
38% higher than Lakeland
vs 66/100 in Lakeland
10
85% fewer than Lakeland
vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland
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