with $100k coming in, swapping out of Ann Arbor
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
cheaper each month than Ann Arbor
You'd feel the difference in Kansas City. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Ann Arbor.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
28% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)
4.7%
$37/mo more in state tax than Ann Arbor
vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor
$6,440/mo
$543 more than Ann Arbor
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
24% cheaper than Ann Arbor
vs $429k in Ann Arbor
2.2M
vs 366k in Ann Arbor
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Ann Arbor barely cracks 154 pleasant ones.
500% more happening than in Ann Arbor.
56/100
0% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
3% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor
43
68% fewer than Ann Arbor
vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
