same $100k income, fresh start from Minneapolis
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 Minneapolis
Spokane runs on a fraction of Minneapolis's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
9% cheaper than Minneapolis(vs $1,679/mo)
0%
$654/mo less in state tax than Minneapolis
vs 7.85% in Minneapolis
$6,813/mo
$813 more than Minneapolis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
5% more expensive than Minneapolis
vs $398k in Minneapolis
600k
vs 3.7M in Minneapolis
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Minneapolis only logs 147 pleasant days.
Lighter on events: Minneapolis packs 4.2× more into a month.
81/100
7% higher than Minneapolis
vs 76/100 in Minneapolis
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than Minneapolis
vs 93/100 in Minneapolis
10
92% fewer than Minneapolis
vs 130 nonstops in Minneapolis
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