$100k salary, packing up from Lafayette
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 Lafayette ran you
Kansas City costs more than Lafayette, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
13% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
4.7%
$142/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,440/mo
$311 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
63% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
2.2M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs Lafayette's 0.
A real upgrade on things to do: 16.8× Lafayette's pace.
56/100
30% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
11% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
43
1333% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
