with $100k coming in, swapping out of Salt Lake City
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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 Salt Lake City's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Salt Lake City.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
5% cheaper than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)
0%
$387/mo less in state tax than Salt Lake City
vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City
$6,813/mo
$475 more than Salt Lake City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
28% cheaper than Salt Lake City
vs $584k in Salt Lake City
600k
vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Salt Lake City actually gets more: 168 pleasant days a year.
Salt Lake City hosts 1.7× more events.
81/100
4% higher than Salt Lake City
vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
14% higher than Salt Lake City
vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City
10
89% fewer than Salt Lake City
vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City
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