$100k a year, no longer in Wichita
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 Wichita, every month
Cost barely budges between Spokane and Wichita. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
30% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
0%
$475/mo less in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$6,813/mo
$128 more than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
90% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
600k
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Wichita keeps to 164 pleasant days a year.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.1× Wichita's pace.
81/100
56% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
32% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
10
9% fewer than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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