on $100k a year, leaving Memphis
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 Memphis ran you
You'd pay for Kansas City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
5% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$6,440/mo
$457 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
34% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
2.2M
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Memphis actually gets more: 185 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 26 days below 20° here, 5 in Memphis.
133% more happening than in Memphis.
56/100
0% lower than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
6% higher than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
43
34% more than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
