same $100k income, fresh start from Kansas City
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charleston
SC
32.78°N
79.94°W
Charleston is pastel rowhouses, cobblestone streets, the smell of pluff mud at low tide, and shrimp and grits that should be illegal everywhere else. The historic district is a working postcard, the food scene punches way above its size, and the porches are made for sitting. Spoleto Festival every spring brings world-class arts. It's small, dense, and absurdly photogenic.
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more expensive each month than Kansas City
Charleston costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,987/mo
32% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
6.5%
$150/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$5,805/mo
$635 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$432k
32% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
849k
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
212
pleasant days a year, in charleston.
Kansas City only manages 170 of those.
Noticeably quieter than Kansas City. About 51% fewer events on a typical month.
67/100
20% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area, 19.4 mi.
92/100
2% lower than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
20
53% fewer than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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