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Spokane, WA cityscape

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Spokane

wa · metro 600k

a 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.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$811

cheaper each month than Port St. Lucie

Spokane sits well below Port St. Lucie on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
landable, recorded on the spokane entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,520/mo

35% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,813/mo

$811 more than Port St. Lucie

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$420k

6% more expensive than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

600k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

164

pleasant days a year, in spokane.

Port St. Lucie edges ahead with 246 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Port St. Lucie's 0.

·outdoorscore

81/100

62% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.

·walk score®

91/100

810% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

10

57% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

neighbors of spokane on the map of tradeoffs:

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