on $100k a year, leaving Trenton
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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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under Trenton, every month
Spokane is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
40% cheaper than Trenton(vs $2,540/mo)
0%
$531/mo less in state tax than Trenton
vs 6.37% in Trenton
$6,813/mo
$1,550 more than Trenton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
8% cheaper than Trenton
vs $456k in Trenton
600k
vs 382k in Trenton
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Trenton edges ahead with 171 pleasant days.
A real upgrade on things to do: 3.4× Trenton's pace.
81/100
14% higher than Trenton
vs 71/100 in Trenton
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% higher than Trenton
vs 88/100 in Trenton
10
92% fewer than Trenton
vs 123 nonstops in Trenton
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