with $100k coming in, swapping out of Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles's monthly cost
In Spokane, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
48% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,813/mo
$2,154 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
59% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
600k
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Los Angeles gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 0 in Los Angeles.
Lighter on events: Los Angeles packs 9.4× more into a month.
81/100
21% higher than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
5% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
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93% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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