$100k salary, packing up from Reading
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 Reading's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Reading, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
3% more expensive than Reading(vs $1,478/mo)
0%
$256/mo less in state tax than Reading
vs 3.07% in Reading
$6,813/mo
$213 more than Reading
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
35% more expensive than Reading
vs $311k in Reading
600k
vs 433k in Reading
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Reading only manages 157 of those.
About as much going on as in Reading.
81/100
25% higher than Reading
vs 65/100 in Reading
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Reading
vs 85/100 in Reading
10
0% fewer than Reading
vs 0 nonstops in Reading
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