$100k salary, packing up from Baton Rouge
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 each month than Baton Rouge ran you
Kansas City runs a little pricier than Baton Rouge. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
10% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
4.7%
$142/mo more in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,440/mo
$282 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
30% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
2.2M
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Baton Rouge edges ahead with 187 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 1 in Baton Rouge.
5.6× the events of Baton Rouge, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
12% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
25% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
43
975% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
if kansas city appeals, also worth a look:
