on $100k a year, leaving New Orleans
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 New Orleans
Spokane gives you room New Orleans doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% cheaper than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than New Orleans
vs 3% in New Orleans
$6,813/mo
$342 more than New Orleans
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
62% more expensive than New Orleans
vs $259k in New Orleans
600k
vs 962k in New Orleans
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
New Orleans gets 235 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs New Orleans's 0.
Lighter on events: New Orleans packs 2.6× more into a month.
81/100
47% higher than New Orleans
vs 55/100 in New Orleans
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than New Orleans
vs 98/100 in New Orleans
10
74% fewer than New Orleans
vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans
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