$100k a year, no longer in South Bend
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
the monthly cost of moving past South Bend
Kansas City runs a little pricier than South Bend. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
8% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)
4.7%
$142/mo more in state tax than South Bend
vs 3% in South Bend
$6,440/mo
$252 less than South Bend
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
42% more expensive than South Bend
vs $230k in South Bend
2.2M
vs 324k in South Bend
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
South Bend barely cracks 157 pleasant ones.
4.9× the events of South Bend, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
6% higher than South Bend
vs 53/100 in South Bend
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
15% higher than South Bend
vs 82/100 in South Bend
43
378% more than South Bend
vs 9 nonstops in South Bend
cities that play in kansas city's register:
