$100k a year, no longer in Nashville
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 Nashville ran you
Barely costlier than Nashville. If Kansas City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
16% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$6,440/mo
$103 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
29% cheaper than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
2.2M
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Nashville gets 173 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs Nashville's 8.
70% fewer events than Nashville. The pace eases up.
56/100
0% lower than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
2% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
43
9% fewer than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
same energy as kansas city, different zip code:
