on $100k a year, leaving Allentown
changea dispatch from
kansas city
MO
39.10°N
94.58°W
Kansas City is barbecue (burnt ends are a local invention), jazz (the 18th and Vine district fed Charlie Parker and Count Basie), and fountains everywhere you turn. The city straddles two states and doesn't make a big deal out of it. The Plaza shopping district looks like Seville, which is delightfully odd for the Midwest. Friendly here means genuinely friendly.
the verdict
under Allentown, every month
On paper, Kansas City and Allentown are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
17% cheaper than Allentown(vs $1,809/mo)
4.7%
$136/mo more in state tax than Allentown
vs 3.07% in Allentown
$6,440/mo
$171 more than Allentown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
9% cheaper than Allentown
vs $359k in Allentown
2.2M
vs 874k in Allentown
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Allentown keeps to 157 pleasant days a year.
211% more happening than in Allentown.
56/100
23% lower than Allentown
vs 73/100 in Allentown
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
9% higher than Allentown
vs 86/100 in Allentown
43
378% more than Allentown
vs 9 nonstops in Allentown
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
