$100k salary, packing up from Myrtle Beach
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
below Myrtle Beach's monthly cost
The gap is real. Kansas City costs noticeably less than Myrtle Beach, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
13% cheaper than Myrtle Beach(vs $1,727/mo)
4.7%
$150/mo less in state tax than Myrtle Beach
vs 6.5% in Myrtle Beach
$6,440/mo
$375 more than Myrtle Beach
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
10% cheaper than Myrtle Beach
vs $361k in Myrtle Beach
2.2M
vs 397k in Myrtle Beach
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Myrtle Beach actually gets more: 249 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Myrtle Beach's 0.
265% more happening than in Myrtle Beach.
56/100
3% lower than Myrtle Beach
vs 58/100 in Myrtle Beach
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
71% higher than Myrtle Beach
vs 55/100 in Myrtle Beach
43
87% more than Myrtle Beach
vs 23 nonstops in Myrtle Beach
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
