same $100k income, fresh start from Little Rock
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 Little Rock, every month
On paper, Spokane and Little Rock are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
26% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,813/mo
$55 more than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
85% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
600k
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Little Rock keeps to 163 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Little Rock's 6.
2.8× the events of Little Rock, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
50% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
86% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
10
41% fewer than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
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