$100k a year, no longer in Roanoke
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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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less monthly outlay than Roanoke
Spokane is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
10% more expensive than Roanoke(vs $1,382/mo)
0%
$479/mo less in state tax than Roanoke
vs 5.75% in Roanoke
$6,813/mo
$341 more than Roanoke
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
42% more expensive than Roanoke
vs $296k in Roanoke
600k
vs 314k in Roanoke
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Roanoke edges ahead with 179 pleasant days.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.1× more on the calendar than Roanoke.
81/100
17% higher than Roanoke
vs 69/100 in Roanoke
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% lower than Roanoke
vs 94/100 in Roanoke
10
11% more than Roanoke
vs 9 nonstops in Roanoke
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