$100k a year, no longer in Detroit
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 each month than Detroit ran you
Baltimore runs a little pricier than Detroit. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
27% more expensive than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
8.2%
$329/mo more in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$5,782/mo
$725 less than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
57% more expensive than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
2.8M
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Detroit barely cracks 160 pleasant ones.
Comparable to Detroit for events and concerts.
66/100
40% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
1% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
72
47% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
