on $100k a year, leaving Dallas
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
pricier each month than Dallas
Kansas City costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
9% cheaper than Dallas(vs $1,647/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Dallas
vs 0% in Dallas
$6,440/mo
$246 less than Dallas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
11% cheaper than Dallas
vs $367k in Dallas
2.2M
vs 8.1M in Dallas
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Dallas actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Dallas's 2.
But the calendar thins out: Dallas stays 5.2× busier.
56/100
2% lower than Dallas
vs 57/100 in Dallas
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% higher than Dallas
vs 93/100 in Dallas
43
77% fewer than Dallas
vs 190 nonstops in Dallas
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
