on $100k a year, leaving Springfield
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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lighter monthly cost than Springfield
A near-tie on cost. What separates Spokane is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
22% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than Springfield
vs 4.7% in Springfield
$6,813/mo
$120 more than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
57% more expensive than Springfield
vs $268k in Springfield
600k
vs 491k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Springfield has the edge here, logging 170 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 2.3× the events of Springfield.
81/100
62% higher than Springfield
vs 50/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Springfield
vs 89/100 in Springfield
10
11% more than Springfield
vs 9 nonstops in Springfield
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