on $100k a year, leaving Kansas City
changea dispatch from
nashville
TN
36.16°N
86.78°W
Nashville is honky-tonk neon on Broadway, hot chicken so spicy it counts as a personality test, and a music scene that includes way more than country (though country is the headliner). The Ryman Auditorium is still the most acoustically beloved room in American music. Bachelorette parties on pedal taverns are now a recognized weather pattern. Pack stretchy pants for the biscuits.
the verdict
lighter monthly cost than Kansas City
Nashville and Kansas City land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,790/mo
19% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$6,543/mo
$103 more than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$461k
41% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
2.1M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
173
pleasant days a year, in nashville.
Kansas City barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.4× more on the calendar than Kansas City.
56/100
0% lower than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.
96/100
2% higher than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
47
9% more than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
