on $100k a year, leaving San Antonio
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
pricier each month than San Antonio
Kansas City costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
8% more expensive than San Antonio(vs $1,394/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than San Antonio
vs 0% in San Antonio
$6,440/mo
$499 less than San Antonio
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
16% more expensive than San Antonio
vs $280k in San Antonio
2.2M
vs 2.7M in San Antonio
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
San Antonio keeps to 167 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 26 days below 20° here, 0 in San Antonio.
A similar weekend lineup to San Antonio.
56/100
14% higher than San Antonio
vs 49/100 in San Antonio
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
3% lower than San Antonio
vs 97/100 in San Antonio
43
23% more than San Antonio
vs 35 nonstops in San Antonio
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
