on $100k a year, leaving Lexington
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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under Lexington, every month
Spokane gives you room Lexington doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
2% more expensive than Lexington(vs $1,488/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Lexington
vs 4.5% in Lexington
$6,813/mo
$343 more than Lexington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
30% more expensive than Lexington
vs $324k in Lexington
600k
vs 520k in Lexington
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Lexington gets 171 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 19 in Lexington.
On par with Lexington for events and shows.
81/100
35% higher than Lexington
vs 60/100 in Lexington
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% higher than Lexington
vs 88/100 in Lexington
10
23% fewer than Lexington
vs 13 nonstops in Lexington
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