on $100k a year, leaving Kennewick
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 Kennewick
You'd pay for Kansas City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
11% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$6,440/mo
$207 less than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
26% cheaper than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
2.2M
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Kennewick has the edge here, logging 199 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Kennewick's 8.
8300% more happening than in Kennewick.
56/100
24% lower than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
71% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
43
438% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
