on $100k a year, leaving Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia
Move to Spokane and the monthly math gets easier. Philadelphia's rent is the headline; Spokane's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
19% cheaper than Philadelphia(vs $1,869/mo)
0%
$568/mo less in state tax than Philadelphia
vs 6.82% in Philadelphia
$6,813/mo
$917 more than Philadelphia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
7% more expensive than Philadelphia
vs $393k in Philadelphia
600k
vs 6.2M in Philadelphia
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Philadelphia edges ahead with 173 pleasant days.
But the calendar thins out: Philadelphia stays 5.0× busier.
81/100
17% higher than Philadelphia
vs 69/100 in Philadelphia
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
9% lower than Philadelphia
vs 100/100 in Philadelphia
10
92% fewer than Philadelphia
vs 122 nonstops in Philadelphia
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