$100k a year, no longer in Sacramento
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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less monthly outlay than Sacramento
In Spokane, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
32% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$6,813/mo
$1,481 more than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
29% cheaper than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
600k
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Sacramento has the edge here, logging 211 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Sacramento.
But the calendar thins out: Sacramento stays 2.3× busier.
81/100
8% higher than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
10
64% fewer than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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