on $100k a year, leaving Memphis
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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 each month than Memphis ran you
Spokane edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Memphis
$6,813/mo
$84 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
73% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
600k
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Memphis actually gets more: 185 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Memphis's 5.
Comparable to Memphis for events and concerts.
81/100
45% higher than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
10
69% fewer than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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