01 · the cities
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the largest city in Connecticut, sitting on Long Island Sound with a working harbor and a real waterfront. P.T. Barnum lived here and the city's museum still pays tribute to his weird genius. It's a quick train ride to New York, with much cheaper housing and proper New England summers. The food scene punches above its weight, with old-school Portuguese and Brazilian spots packed every weekend.
full dispatch→Kansas City
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.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,767/mo
$1,502/mo
$1,265/mo less than Bridgeport (84%)
Median home price
Median home price
$768k
$326k
$441k less than Bridgeport
State income tax
State income tax
5.5%
4.7%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,108/mo
$6,440/mo
Kansas City has $1,332/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
172 days
170 days
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
8 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
15 days
26 days
days below 20°F per year
Kansas City has 8 more days above 95°F each year than Bridgeport. Kansas City drops below 20°F on 11 more days per year than Bridgeport.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
64 / 100
56 / 100
8.0 pts behind Bridgeport
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
1 routes
43 routes
42 more direct routes than Bridgeport
Metro size
Metro size
952k metro
2.2M metro
Bridgeport has 12.0x fewer events per month than Kansas City.
the verdict
3
Bridgeport
categories won
5
Kansas City
categories won
Kansas City wins on money. Bridgeport has the edge on weather.
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