on $100k a year, leaving New Orleans
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 New Orleans ran you
Baltimore costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
16% more expensive than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)
8.2%
$433/mo more in state tax than New Orleans
vs 3% in New Orleans
$5,782/mo
$689 less than New Orleans
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
59% more expensive than New Orleans
vs $259k in New Orleans
2.8M
vs 962k in New Orleans
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
New Orleans has the edge here, logging 235 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: New Orleans stays 1.4× busier.
66/100
20% higher than New Orleans
vs 55/100 in New Orleans
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
0% lower than New Orleans
vs 98/100 in New Orleans
72
85% more than New Orleans
vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
