on $100k a year, leaving Lubbock
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 Lubbock ran you
Baltimore costs noticeably more than Lubbock. You'd be paying for Baltimore itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
35% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$5,782/mo
$1,167 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
96% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
2.8M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Lubbock actually gets more: 186 pleasant days a year.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 8.4× more on the calendar than Lubbock.
66/100
1220% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
42% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
72
929% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
same energy as baltimore, different zip code:
