on $100k a year, leaving Winston-Salem
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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 Winston-Salem, every month
Spokane gives you room Winston-Salem doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
1% more expensive than Winston-Salem(vs $1,508/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Winston-Salem
vs 4.5% in Winston-Salem
$6,813/mo
$363 more than Winston-Salem
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
48% more expensive than Winston-Salem
vs $283k in Winston-Salem
600k
vs 696k in Winston-Salem
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Winston-Salem gets 186 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 34 days drop below 20° vs Winston-Salem's 6.
81/100
50% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 54/100 in Winston-Salem
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
28% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 71/100 in Winston-Salem
10
0% fewer than Winston-Salem
vs 0 nonstops in Winston-Salem
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