$100k salary, packing up from Virginia Beach
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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below Virginia Beach's monthly cost
The gap is real. Spokane costs noticeably less than Virginia Beach, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
16% cheaper than Virginia Beach(vs $1,819/mo)
0%
$479/mo less in state tax than Virginia Beach
vs 5.75% in Virginia Beach
$6,813/mo
$778 more than Virginia Beach
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
12% more expensive than Virginia Beach
vs $375k in Virginia Beach
600k
vs 1.8M in Virginia Beach
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Virginia Beach gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Virginia Beach's 2.
On par with Virginia Beach for events and shows.
81/100
42% higher than Virginia Beach
vs 57/100 in Virginia Beach
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
3% higher than Virginia Beach
vs 88/100 in Virginia Beach
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41% fewer than Virginia Beach
vs 17 nonstops in Virginia Beach
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