same $100k income, fresh start from Kansas City
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atlanta
GA
33.75°N
84.39°W
Atlanta is hip-hop's current capital, with 'Peachtree' in seemingly every other street name and the busiest airport in the world acting as the city's front door. The Beltline turned old rail corridors into a 22-mile loop of murals, breweries, and joggers. Food culture spans soul food, Vietnamese banh mi in Buford Highway strip malls, and barbecue. The tree canopy is one of the densest in any major American city.
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more expensive each month than Kansas City
Atlanta costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
21% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
5.49%
$66/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$6,062/mo
$378 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
18% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
6.3M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Kansas City only manages 170 of those.
185% more happening than in Kansas City.
67/100
20% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
1% lower than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
217
405% more than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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