$100k salary, packing up from Tucson
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 Tucson
A near-tie on cost. What separates Spokane is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
5% more expensive than Tucson(vs $1,444/mo)
0%
$208/mo less in state tax than Tucson
vs 2.5% in Tucson
$6,813/mo
$132 more than Tucson
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
19% more expensive than Tucson
vs $352k in Tucson
600k
vs 1.1M in Tucson
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Tucson has the edge here, logging 202 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 34 days below 20° here, 0 in Tucson.
Things to do run about even with Tucson.
81/100
23% higher than Tucson
vs 66/100 in Tucson
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
36% higher than Tucson
vs 67/100 in Tucson
10
37% fewer than Tucson
vs 16 nonstops in Tucson
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