same $100k income, fresh start from El Paso
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 El Paso
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
2% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$6,440/mo
$420 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
41% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
2.2M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
El Paso has the edge here, logging 222 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 26 days below 20° here, 1 in El Paso.
2.8× the events of El Paso, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
14% lower than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% higher than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
43
231% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
same energy as kansas city, different zip code:
