$100k salary, packing up from Portland
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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 Portland's monthly cost
In Spokane, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
33% cheaper than Portland(vs $2,285/mo)
0%
$625/mo less in state tax than Portland
vs 7.5% in Portland
$6,813/mo
$1,390 more than Portland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
23% cheaper than Portland
vs $543k in Portland
600k
vs 566k in Portland
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Portland barely cracks 145 pleasant ones. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 19 in Portland.
On par with Portland for events and shows.
81/100
14% higher than Portland
vs 71/100 in Portland
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Portland
vs 98/100 in Portland
10
400% more than Portland
vs 2 nonstops in Portland
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