same $100k income, fresh start from Boulder
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
cheaper each month than Boulder
Baltimore and Boulder land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
16% cheaper than Boulder(vs $2,216/mo)
8.2%
$317/mo more in state tax than Boulder
vs 4.4% in Boulder
$5,782/mo
$31 more than Boulder
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
47% cheaper than Boulder
vs $783k in Boulder
2.8M
vs 327k in Boulder
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Boulder gets 178 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
11.2× the events of Boulder, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
16% lower than Boulder
vs 79/100 in Boulder
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
17% higher than Boulder
vs 84/100 in Boulder
72
57% fewer than Boulder
vs 169 nonstops in Boulder
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