$100k salary, packing up from Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville ran you
Baltimore costs more than Fayetteville, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
16% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
8.2%
$317/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$5,782/mo
$579 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
12% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
2.8M
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Fayetteville gets 170 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
A month here packs 8.4× the events of Fayetteville.
66/100
3% higher than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
20% higher than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
72
414% more than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
