with $100k coming in, swapping out of Seattle
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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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cheaper each month than Seattle
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Seattle.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
31% cheaper than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Seattle
$6,813/mo
$673 more than Seattle
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
47% cheaper than Seattle
vs $791k in Seattle
600k
vs 4.0M in Seattle
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Seattle gets 182 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 0 in Seattle.
Noticeably quieter than Seattle. About 85% fewer events on a typical month.
81/100
13% lower than Seattle
vs 93/100 in Seattle
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Seattle
vs 98/100 in Seattle
10
89% fewer than Seattle
vs 90 nonstops in Seattle
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