same $100k income, fresh start from York
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 expensive each month than York
Kansas City runs a little pricier than York. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
10% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
4.7%
$136/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,440/mo
$277 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
5% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
2.2M
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
York barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.
84.0× the events of York, and the calendar shows it.
56/100
12% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
1% higher than York
vs 93/100 in York
43
258% more than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
neighbors of kansas city on the map of tradeoffs:
