same $100k income, fresh start from Kansas City
changea dispatch from
seattle
WA
47.61°N
122.33°W
Seattle is coffee snobs, ferries crossing the sound, mountains in two directions, and misty mornings that make the espresso taste better. Pike Place still throws fish, the salmon is genuinely better here, and the Cascades sit right outside your window like a movie backdrop. The hippie greenmarket soul still runs through everything the tech money has built. Bring layers.
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more expensive each month than Kansas City
Seattle costs more than Kansas City, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$2,193/mo
46% 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
$6,140/mo
$300 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$791k
143% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
4.0M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
182
pleasant days a year, in seattle.
Kansas City only logs 170 pleasant days.
A month here packs 3.0× the events of Kansas City.
93/100
66% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Rainier National Park, 59.8 mi.
98/100
4% higher than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
90
109% more than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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