$100k salary, packing up from Allentown
changea dispatch from
baltimore
MD
39.29°N
76.61°W
Baltimore is steamed crabs with Old Bay, the Inner Harbor at golden hour, and row houses with painted screens. Edgar Allan Poe is buried here, John Waters still lives here, and Cal Ripken Jr. is a saint. The seafood is genuinely some of the best on the east coast. The neighborhoods (Fells Point, Hampden, Federal Hill) each feel like their own small town.
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Allentown
Baltimore runs a little pricier than Allentown. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
3% more expensive than Allentown(vs $1,809/mo)
8.2%
$428/mo more in state tax than Allentown
vs 3.07% in Allentown
$5,782/mo
$487 less than Allentown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
15% more expensive than Allentown
vs $359k in Allentown
2.8M
vs 874k in Allentown
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Allentown barely cracks 157 pleasant ones.
2.5× the events of Allentown, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
10% lower than Allentown
vs 73/100 in Allentown
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
14% higher than Allentown
vs 86/100 in Allentown
72
700% more than Allentown
vs 9 nonstops in Allentown
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