with $100k coming in, swapping out of Columbia
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 Columbia
You'd pay for Baltimore. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
20% more expensive than Columbia(vs $1,551/mo)
8.2%
$142/mo more in state tax than Columbia
vs 6.5% in Columbia
$5,782/mo
$459 less than Columbia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
62% more expensive than Columbia
vs $255k in Columbia
2.8M
vs 857k in Columbia
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Columbia actually gets more: 189 pleasant days a year.
253% more happening than in Columbia.
66/100
20% higher than Columbia
vs 55/100 in Columbia
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
15% higher than Columbia
vs 85/100 in Columbia
72
620% more than Columbia
vs 10 nonstops in Columbia
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
