on $100k a year, leaving Mobile
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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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lighter monthly cost than Mobile
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Spokane is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
17% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,813/mo
$198 more than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
117% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
600k
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Mobile actually gets more: 225 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Mobile.
A month here packs 1.5× the events of Mobile.
81/100
37% higher than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
32% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
10
100% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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