with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lubbock
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 cost of moving past Lubbock
Kansas City runs a little pricier than Lubbock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
9% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,440/mo
$509 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
55% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
2.2M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Lubbock edges ahead with 186 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 7 in Lubbock.
A real upgrade on things to do: 10.5× Lubbock's pace.
56/100
1020% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
36% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
43
514% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
cities that play in kansas city's register:
