same $100k income, fresh start from Milwaukee
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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cheaper each month than Milwaukee
Not a fortune, but real money. Spokane runs cheaper than Milwaukee month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
1% more expensive than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
0%
$523/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$6,813/mo
$506 more than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
7% more expensive than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
600k
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Milwaukee only logs 149 pleasant days.
Noticeably quieter than Milwaukee. About 47% fewer events on a typical month.
81/100
33% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
10
67% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
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