same $100k income, fresh start from Ocala
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 expensive each month than Ocala
Kansas City costs more than Ocala, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
7% cheaper than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Ocala
vs 0% in Ocala
$6,440/mo
$277 less than Ocala
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
18% more expensive than Ocala
vs $277k in Ocala
2.2M
vs 410k in Ocala
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Ocala gets 208 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 0 in Ocala.
84.0× the events of Ocala, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
10% lower than Ocala
vs 62/100 in Ocala
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
49% higher than Ocala
vs 63/100 in Ocala
43
760% more than Ocala
vs 5 nonstops in Ocala
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
