same $100k income, fresh start from Greenville
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
under Greenville, every month
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Kansas City is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
3% cheaper than Greenville(vs $1,551/mo)
4.7%
$150/mo less in state tax than Greenville
vs 6.5% in Greenville
$6,440/mo
$199 more than Greenville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
5% more expensive than Greenville
vs $311k in Greenville
2.2M
vs 975k in Greenville
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Greenville has the edge here, logging 202 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Greenville's 5.
A month here packs 3.8× the events of Greenville.
56/100
19% lower than Greenville
vs 69/100 in Greenville
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
12% higher than Greenville
vs 84/100 in Greenville
43
115% more than Greenville
vs 20 nonstops in Greenville
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
