$100k a year, no longer in Boise
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
more expensive each month than Boise
Baltimore runs a little pricier than Boise. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
4% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)
8.2%
$200/mo more in state tax than Boise
vs 5.8% in Boise
$5,782/mo
$274 less than Boise
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
16% cheaper than Boise
vs $490k in Boise
2.8M
vs 827k in Boise
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Boise barely cracks 166 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 1.7× the events of Boise.
66/100
20% lower than Boise
vs 82/100 in Boise
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
2% higher than Boise
vs 96/100 in Boise
72
350% more than Boise
vs 16 nonstops in Boise
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
