on $100k a year, leaving Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville
A small premium for Kansas City. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
2% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,477/mo)
4.7%
$17/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.5% in Fayetteville
$6,440/mo
$41 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
27% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $258k in Fayetteville
2.2M
vs 392k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Fayetteville actually gets more: 193 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Fayetteville's 3.
460% more happening than in Fayetteville.
56/100
10% higher than Fayetteville
vs 51/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
24% higher than Fayetteville
vs 76/100 in Fayetteville
43
975% more than Fayetteville
vs 4 nonstops in Fayetteville
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
