on $100k a year, leaving New York
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 New York's monthly cost
Spokane sits well below New York on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
54% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)
0%
$894/mo less in state tax than New York
vs 10.73% in New York
$6,813/mo
$2,703 more than New York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
43% cheaper than New York
vs $739k in New York
600k
vs 19.5M in New York
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
New York has the edge here, logging 171 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 19 in New York.
Noticeably quieter than New York. About 99% fewer events on a typical month.
81/100
4% higher than New York
vs 78/100 in New York
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
9% lower than New York
vs 100/100 in New York
10
95% fewer than New York
vs 215 nonstops in New York
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