with $100k coming in, swapping out of Austin
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
more expensive each month than Austin
Kansas City runs a little pricier than Austin. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
5% cheaper than Austin(vs $1,583/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Austin
vs 0% in Austin
$6,440/mo
$310 less than Austin
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
25% cheaper than Austin
vs $433k in Austin
2.2M
vs 2.5M in Austin
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Austin barely cracks 170 pleasant ones. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 1 in Austin.
30% fewer events than Austin. The pace eases up.
56/100
0% lower than Austin
vs 56/100 in Austin
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
5% lower than Austin
vs 99/100 in Austin
43
2% more than Austin
vs 42 nonstops in Austin
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
