$100k salary, packing up from Augusta
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
below Augusta's monthly cost
Cost barely budges between Kansas City and Augusta. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
4% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)
4.7%
$66/mo less in state tax than Augusta
vs 5.49% in Augusta
$6,440/mo
$7 more than Augusta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
32% more expensive than Augusta
vs $247k in Augusta
2.2M
vs 628k in Augusta
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Augusta gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 2 in Augusta.
A month here packs 28.0× the events of Augusta.
56/100
22% higher than Augusta
vs 46/100 in Augusta
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
27% higher than Augusta
vs 74/100 in Augusta
43
1333% more than Augusta
vs 3 nonstops in Augusta
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