same $100k income, fresh start from Fort Wayne
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 Fort Wayne
Baltimore is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
57% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
8.2%
$433/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$5,782/mo
$1,114 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
62% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
2.8M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Fort Wayne barely cracks 161 pleasant ones.
219% more happening than in Fort Wayne.
66/100
43% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
9% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
72
620% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
