with $100k coming in, swapping out of Gainesville
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 Gainesville
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 Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Gainesville
vs 0% in Gainesville
$6,440/mo
$248 less than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
3% more expensive than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
2.2M
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Gainesville actually gets more: 206 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Gainesville's 0.
2700% more happening than in Gainesville.
56/100
11% lower than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
3% higher than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
43
760% more than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
