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Spokane: The next best thing?

Jesse Tinsley/SR provides this photo of the Spokane skyline.
Jesse Tinsley/SR provides this photo of the Spokane skyline.

The Stranger reports:

"Economic refugees." That's what this week's Person of Interest, Luke Baumgarten, the cofounder of the arts organization Terrain, called people who were fleeing Seattle for Spokane, especially the artists who have struggled to pay $1,000-plus rents in this city. Tacoma might be the next one up to be invaded in Washington State, but we're looking ahead, far ahead—and east, to Spokane. More here.

Question: Do you consider Spokane to be a good place to live?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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