$100k salary, packing up from Fort Wayne
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 Fort Wayne
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
27% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
4.7%
$142/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,440/mo
$456 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
29% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
2.2M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Fort Wayne keeps to 161 pleasant days a year.
4.0× the events of Fort Wayne, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
22% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
4% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
43
330% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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