$100k salary, packing up from Greensboro
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 Greensboro
Baltimore runs a little pricier than Greensboro. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
31% more expensive than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)
8.2%
$308/mo more in state tax than Greensboro
vs 4.5% in Greensboro
$5,782/mo
$748 less than Greensboro
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
53% more expensive than Greensboro
vs $269k in Greensboro
2.8M
vs 790k in Greensboro
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Greensboro edges ahead with 189 pleasant days.
37% more happening than in Greensboro.
66/100
22% higher than Greensboro
vs 54/100 in Greensboro
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
11% higher than Greensboro
vs 88/100 in Greensboro
72
414% more than Greensboro
vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro
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