on $100k a year, leaving San Jose
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
lighter monthly cost than San Jose
Kansas City is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
57% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
4.7%
$383/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,440/mo
$2,352 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
82% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
2.2M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs San Jose's 0.
1.4× the events of San Jose, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
20% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
43
48% more than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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