on $100k a year, leaving Olympia
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 Olympia's monthly cost
Spokane gives you room Olympia doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
24% cheaper than Olympia(vs $1,991/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Olympia
$6,813/mo
$471 more than Olympia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
21% cheaper than Olympia
vs $533k in Olympia
600k
vs 299k in Olympia
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Olympia actually gets more: 182 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Olympia's 2.
81/100
1% higher than Olympia
vs 80/100 in Olympia
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% higher than Olympia
vs 88/100 in Olympia
10
89% fewer than Olympia
vs 90 nonstops in Olympia
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