on $100k a year, leaving Tucson
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
more each month than Tucson ran you
You'd pay for Kansas City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
4% more expensive than Tucson(vs $1,444/mo)
4.7%
$183/mo more in state tax than Tucson
vs 2.5% in Tucson
$6,440/mo
$241 less than Tucson
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
7% cheaper than Tucson
vs $352k in Tucson
2.2M
vs 1.1M in Tucson
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Tucson has the edge here, logging 202 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Tucson's 0.
155% more happening than in Tucson.
56/100
15% lower than Tucson
vs 66/100 in Tucson
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
40% higher than Tucson
vs 67/100 in Tucson
43
169% more than Tucson
vs 16 nonstops in Tucson
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
