on $100k a year, leaving Miami
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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lighter monthly cost than Miami
Spokane is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
43% cheaper than Miami(vs $2,665/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Miami
$6,813/mo
$1,145 more than Miami
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
26% cheaper than Miami
vs $565k in Miami
600k
vs 6.2M in Miami
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Miami actually gets more: 272 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Miami.
But the calendar thins out: Miami stays 26.6× busier.
81/100
5% higher than Miami
vs 77/100 in Miami
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
6% lower than Miami
vs 97/100 in Miami
10
94% fewer than Miami
vs 167 nonstops in Miami
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