$100k salary, packing up from Syracuse
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
below Syracuse's monthly cost
The gap is real. Kansas City costs noticeably less than Syracuse, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
7% cheaper than Syracuse(vs $1,619/mo)
4.7%
$96/mo less in state tax than Syracuse
vs 5.85% in Syracuse
$6,440/mo
$213 more than Syracuse
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
28% more expensive than Syracuse
vs $254k in Syracuse
2.2M
vs 653k in Syracuse
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Syracuse barely cracks 142 pleasant ones.
Things to do run about even with Syracuse.
56/100
5% lower than Syracuse
vs 59/100 in Syracuse
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
3% higher than Syracuse
vs 91/100 in Syracuse
43
169% more than Syracuse
vs 16 nonstops in Syracuse
in the same ballpark as kansas city:
