$100k salary, packing up from Harrisburg
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 premium over Harrisburg
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Kansas City is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
4% more expensive than Harrisburg(vs $1,446/mo)
4.7%
$136/mo more in state tax than Harrisburg
vs 3.07% in Harrisburg
$6,440/mo
$192 less than Harrisburg
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
6% more expensive than Harrisburg
vs $309k in Harrisburg
2.2M
vs 606k in Harrisburg
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Harrisburg barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 2.5× the events of Harrisburg.
56/100
19% lower than Harrisburg
vs 69/100 in Harrisburg
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% higher than Harrisburg
vs 93/100 in Harrisburg
43
258% more than Harrisburg
vs 12 nonstops in Harrisburg
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