$100k a year, no longer in Spartanburg
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 Spartanburg
Spokane is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
6% more expensive than Spartanburg(vs $1,434/mo)
0%
$542/mo less in state tax than Spartanburg
vs 6.5% in Spartanburg
$6,813/mo
$455 more than Spartanburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
51% more expensive than Spartanburg
vs $277k in Spartanburg
600k
vs 383k in Spartanburg
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Spartanburg has the edge here, logging 191 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 4 in Spartanburg.
A month here packs 2.5× the events of Spartanburg.
81/100
19% higher than Spartanburg
vs 68/100 in Spartanburg
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
18% higher than Spartanburg
vs 77/100 in Spartanburg
10
50% fewer than Spartanburg
vs 20 nonstops in Spartanburg
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