$100k salary, packing up from Fort Collins
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 premium over Fort Collins
You'd pay for Baltimore. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
5% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
8.2%
$317/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$5,782/mo
$214 less than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
28% cheaper than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
2.8M
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Fort Collins actually gets more: 177 pleasant days a year.
67.0× the events of Fort Collins, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
4% lower than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
14% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
72
57% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
