$100k salary, packing up from Chattanooga
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 Chattanooga
Baltimore doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Baltimore is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
23% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga
vs 0% in Chattanooga
$5,782/mo
$1,027 less than Chattanooga
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
28% more expensive than Chattanooga
vs $322k in Chattanooga
2.8M
vs 580k in Chattanooga
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Chattanooga only logs 167 pleasant days.
191% more happening than in Chattanooga.
66/100
4% lower than Chattanooga
vs 69/100 in Chattanooga
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
20% higher than Chattanooga
vs 82/100 in Chattanooga
72
800% more than Chattanooga
vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga
cities that play in baltimore's register:
