same $100k income, fresh start from Sarasota
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 Sarasota
Not a fortune, but real money. Spokane runs cheaper than Sarasota month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
28% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Sarasota
$6,813/mo
$601 more than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
1% cheaper than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
600k
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Sarasota edges ahead with 249 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 0 in Sarasota.
A month here packs 12.3× the events of Sarasota.
81/100
37% higher than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
5% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
10
67% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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