on $100k a year, leaving Sarasota
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 Sarasota
Kansas City gives you room Sarasota doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
29% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
4.7%
$392/mo more in state tax than Sarasota
vs 0% in Sarasota
$6,440/mo
$228 more than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
23% cheaper than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
2.2M
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Sarasota gets 249 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 26 days drop below 20° vs Sarasota's 0.
A month here packs 28.0× the events of Sarasota.
56/100
5% lower than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
2% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
43
617% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
