same $100k income, fresh start from Kingsport
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
more each month than Kingsport ran you
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% more expensive than Kingsport(vs $1,383/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Kingsport
vs 0% in Kingsport
$6,440/mo
$510 less than Kingsport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
34% more expensive than Kingsport
vs $244k in Kingsport
2.2M
vs 312k in Kingsport
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Kingsport has the edge here, logging 188 pleasant days a year.
10.5× the events of Kingsport, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
5% lower than Kingsport
vs 59/100 in Kingsport
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
27% higher than Kingsport
vs 74/100 in Kingsport
43
975% more than Kingsport
vs 4 nonstops in Kingsport
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
