on $100k a year, leaving Jacksonville
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 Jacksonville
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
11% cheaper than Jacksonville(vs $1,679/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Jacksonville
vs 0% in Jacksonville
$6,440/mo
$214 less than Jacksonville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
9% cheaper than Jacksonville
vs $358k in Jacksonville
2.2M
vs 1.7M in Jacksonville
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Jacksonville actually gets more: 198 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 26 days below 20° here, 0 in Jacksonville.
62% more happening than in Jacksonville.
56/100
12% lower than Jacksonville
vs 64/100 in Jacksonville
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% higher than Jacksonville
vs 93/100 in Jacksonville
43
65% more than Jacksonville
vs 26 nonstops in Jacksonville
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
