Wanting Advice On Living In Spokane

Hi everyone....Hubby's job has an opening in Spokane...so we are pondering the idea of moving. We both grew up in Southern Idaho and most of our family still live there. This is our opportunity to move a little closer to them. But, neither of us have ever been there. I've done some googling on the area but, would love anyone who lives there or knows the areas opinion. {=

I'm in western WA, so don't know anything about living in Spokane, other than it's way hotter there in the summer and colder in the winter. It seems pretty when we drive through. I think people living there like it. You should google the driving time to get to where you want to go in Idaho. It might not be as close as you think. I believe Idaho is a state full of mostly windy roads. LOL At least that's my experience, which is really not much to go on.

Job openings in other states is how we got to Washington from Calif. Then that company sold out (to the person my husband replaced when we moved here), so he was out of a job for 5 months before finding a new one. It was great when we were living in Washington on a Calif salary. It's not so great living in Washington on a Washington salary. ;) But he likes the people and the job better, so I guess it's a good trade. Unless you like to spend wads of money on plants...

I realize this doesn't answer your question. I don't think we have anyone here on this forum from Spokane, but I could be wrong and hopefully someone will jump in with actual knowledge.

I don't think it would be much different than southern Idaho. I have driven through both places. Visited a sis in Mountain Home ID and had a daughter at Whitman college in Walla Walla. And other trips. Spokane is a beautiful city with lots of advantages. From where you live it wouldn't be much of a change weather-wise.

This message was edited Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM

Thanks you both for posting. I'm still researching and we haven't made a decision yet.

You've seen these sights, right?

http://www.spokanecity.org/

http://www.visitspokane.com/

http://www.spokanecounty.org/

I've lived in Colorado, am western-wa bred but have visited Spokane. It does have the ponderosa forests and more open underbrush of the plains states but is a little greener and seems less dry than the Boise, etc area. It's a smaller city, tends to be fairly conservative. For some reason I'm thinking that I remember that it's got a Catholic background, but for the life of me I can't remember why. There is a Catholic college there, anyway. I think it's a pretty area. Sort of rolling hills. Um, maybe a little like the Colorado Springs area but with fewer buttes.

It looks like a city that is a great fit for us....hopefully, we will be able to visit before making our decision. So no one on this forum is from Spokane or general area? Hubby's job who'd be on the Air Force base that is located close to Spokane.

From time to time we have someone pipe in that is from Eastern Washington, but not often. The gardening climates are definitely different between the two.

If you click on the Home Tab and then look at the sub-headers right underneath the Tabs, you'll see a category called Extras. Click on that and you will see a number of options that includes Find Members in Your Area. Click on Find Members in Your Area. Enter a zip code and you'll get a list of members who have indicated they live in that area code.

You can either d-mail these people directly or use the DG search feature to find out where these people typically hang out and then post there.

Here's what my search showed:

http://davesgarden.com/member_zip.php?zipcode=99201&submit=Search

Kathy

MarciaS is one person who has posted here recently, I think. She also sometimes hangs out in the Rocky Mountain Forum.

Spokane is really in between Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain. You might pose your question over there if you haven't already.

Thanks Katie [=

Welcome!

Spokane is similar to Eastern Washington dry alkaline soils. But irrigation and soil prep is waiting to make your garden a blessing in such a setting. I live east on the Rocky Mt front and we have lots more precipitation. You will be Zone 4 and that is for the winter. Your dry climate is more devastating if irrigation is not permanent.
This is my land in a similar enviroment. This is not an area that I have agumented with soil production like my garden areas.

This is what you can create.