$100k salary, packing up from El Paso
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 El Paso
Baltimore is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
27% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$5,782/mo
$1,078 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
78% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
2.8M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
El Paso gets 222 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
123% more happening than in El Paso.
66/100
2% higher than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
5% higher than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
72
454% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
