with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lubbock
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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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more expensive each month than Lubbock
Barely costlier than Lubbock. If Spokane pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
10% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,813/mo
$136 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
99% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
600k
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Lubbock gets 186 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Lubbock's 7.
A real upgrade on things to do: 4.6× Lubbock's pace.
81/100
1520% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
32% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
10
43% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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