$100k salary, packing up from Washington
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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under Washington, every month
Move to Spokane and the monthly math gets easier. Washington's rent is the headline; Spokane's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
35% cheaper than Washington(vs $2,352/mo)
0%
$708/mo less in state tax than Washington
vs 8.5% in Washington
$6,813/mo
$1,540 more than Washington
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
33% cheaper than Washington
vs $626k in Washington
600k
vs 6.3M in Washington
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Washington actually gets more: 177 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 34 days below 20° vs Washington's 11.
But the calendar thins out: Washington stays 4.4× busier.
81/100
7% lower than Washington
vs 87/100 in Washington
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Washington
vs 98/100 in Washington
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94% fewer than Washington
vs 160 nonstops in Washington
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