$100k salary, packing up from Columbus
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
the monthly premium over Columbus
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Kansas City is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
19% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
4.7%
$66/mo less in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$6,440/mo
$172 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
57% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
2.2M
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Columbus edges ahead with 177 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 2 in Columbus.
3.7× the events of Columbus, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
19% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
21% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
43
4200% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
