same $100k income, fresh start from Providence
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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cheaper each month than Providence
Spokane is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
29% cheaper than Providence(vs $2,127/mo)
0%
$499/mo less in state tax than Providence
vs 5.99% in Providence
$6,813/mo
$1,106 more than Providence
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
20% cheaper than Providence
vs $528k in Providence
600k
vs 1.7M in Providence
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Providence barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 1.8× Providence's pace.
81/100
29% higher than Providence
vs 63/100 in Providence
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
5% lower than Providence
vs 96/100 in Providence
10
41% fewer than Providence
vs 17 nonstops in Providence
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