same $100k income, fresh start from San Francisco
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 San Francisco
Kansas City sits well below San Francisco on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
52% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
4.7%
$383/mo less in state tax than San Francisco
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$6,440/mo
$2,028 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
74% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
2.2M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
San Francisco actually gets more: 312 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs San Francisco's 0.
67% fewer events than San Francisco. The pace eases up.
56/100
33% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
5% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
43
61% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
cities that play in kansas city's register:
