$100k salary, packing up from San Luis Obispo
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
less monthly outlay than San Luis Obispo
Move to Kansas City and the monthly math gets easier. San Luis Obispo's rent is the headline; Kansas City's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
51% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
4.7%
$383/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,440/mo
$1,977 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
65% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
2.2M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
San Luis Obispo has the edge here, logging 303 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs San Luis Obispo's 0.
8.4× the events of San Luis Obispo, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
18% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
4% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
43
1333% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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