same $100k income, fresh start from Salisbury
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
cheaper each month than Salisbury
Not a fortune, but real money. Kansas City runs cheaper than Salisbury month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
21% cheaper than Salisbury(vs $1,899/mo)
4.7%
$292/mo less in state tax than Salisbury
vs 8.2% in Salisbury
$6,440/mo
$689 more than Salisbury
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
22% cheaper than Salisbury
vs $420k in Salisbury
2.2M
vs 130k in Salisbury
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Salisbury has the edge here, logging 189 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Salisbury's 10.
7.0× the events of Salisbury, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
6% higher than Salisbury
vs 53/100 in Salisbury
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
15% higher than Salisbury
vs 82/100 in Salisbury
43
2050% more than Salisbury
vs 2 nonstops in Salisbury
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
