$100k salary, packing up from Las Vegas
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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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below Las Vegas's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Las Vegas, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
12% cheaper than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Las Vegas
$6,813/mo
$211 more than Las Vegas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
7% cheaper than Las Vegas
vs $451k in Las Vegas
600k
vs 2.3M in Las Vegas
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Las Vegas has the edge here, logging 210 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Las Vegas's 0.
Lighter on events: Las Vegas packs 94.8× more into a month.
81/100
1% higher than Las Vegas
vs 80/100 in Las Vegas
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
11% higher than Las Vegas
vs 82/100 in Las Vegas
10
92% fewer than Las Vegas
vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas
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