$100k salary, packing up from Myrtle Beach
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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below Myrtle Beach's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Myrtle Beach, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
12% cheaper than Myrtle Beach(vs $1,727/mo)
0%
$542/mo less in state tax than Myrtle Beach
vs 6.5% in Myrtle Beach
$6,813/mo
$748 more than Myrtle Beach
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
16% more expensive than Myrtle Beach
vs $361k in Myrtle Beach
600k
vs 397k in Myrtle Beach
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Myrtle Beach actually gets more: 249 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Myrtle Beach.
1.6× the events of Myrtle Beach, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
40% higher than Myrtle Beach
vs 58/100 in Myrtle Beach
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
65% higher than Myrtle Beach
vs 55/100 in Myrtle Beach
10
57% fewer than Myrtle Beach
vs 23 nonstops in Myrtle Beach
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