$100k salary, packing up from Daytona Beach
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 cost of moving past Daytona Beach
Barely costlier than Daytona Beach. If Kansas City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
16% cheaper than Daytona Beach(vs $1,784/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Daytona Beach
vs 0% in Daytona Beach
$6,440/mo
$109 less than Daytona Beach
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
1% cheaper than Daytona Beach
vs $331k in Daytona Beach
2.2M
vs 722k in Daytona Beach
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Daytona Beach gets 212 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 0 in Daytona Beach.
A real upgrade on things to do: 6.0× Daytona Beach's pace.
56/100
11% lower than Daytona Beach
vs 63/100 in Daytona Beach
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
21% higher than Daytona Beach
vs 78/100 in Daytona Beach
43
2050% more than Daytona Beach
vs 2 nonstops in Daytona Beach
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
