same $100k income, fresh start from Pensacola
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 Pensacola
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Kansas City is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
14% cheaper than Pensacola(vs $1,752/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Pensacola
vs 0% in Pensacola
$6,440/mo
$141 less than Pensacola
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
8% more expensive than Pensacola
vs $303k in Pensacola
2.2M
vs 530k in Pensacola
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Pensacola edges ahead with 226 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 26 days under 20°, vs 0 in Pensacola.
A month here packs 3.2× the events of Pensacola.
56/100
19% lower than Pensacola
vs 69/100 in Pensacola
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
47% higher than Pensacola
vs 64/100 in Pensacola
43
291% more than Pensacola
vs 11 nonstops in Pensacola
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
