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Originally Posted by Painted
Spokane itself is a very old looking town, there aren't a lot of new buildings/stuff, and it is pretty conservative. It's also a lot poorer than Seattle/Portland. Not...ghetto poor, but almost in a white trash kind of way. Oh yeah, it's 98% white...It depends on what you're looking for. Western Washington is more urban, has a lot of high-paying jobs, is more expensive, and is far more crowded. Spokane is less expensive, also urban (but not world-class urban), mildly conservative, and definatley less crowded. Both are pretty cool places. Visit.
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I love Spokane. It's a little too extreme for me temperature-wise, but it's such a nice place to visit in the summer. We went there for conferences every year and my aunt used to live in the area. Riverfront Park:
http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/ is definitely a great place to visit and have some fun--regardless of the time of year. I got kicked off the carousel when I was 11 because I kept getting the brass ring, lol.
They've updated a lot of the downtown and while it's not as urban as Seattle or Portland, the shopping areas downtown are pretty new and nice compared to how they used to be.
http://www.riverparksquare.com/
North Spokane is pretty much one giant strip mall, but some of the outlying areas, like Cheney and so on, are very beautiful with great lakes for water skiing and fishing. Coeur d'Alene is also not far.
If anyone visits Spokane, I highly recommend eating at the Onion:
http://www.theonion.biz/ They have the best onion rings I've ever had.
And it is a lot cheaper than the west side, but as said, it's very white, more conservative, and not as temperate.