$100k salary, packing up from Ocala
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 Ocala
A real premium for Baltimore. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
16% more expensive than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than Ocala
vs 0% in Ocala
$5,782/mo
$935 less than Ocala
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
49% more expensive than Ocala
vs $277k in Ocala
2.8M
vs 410k in Ocala
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Ocala actually gets more: 208 pleasant days a year.
6600% more happening than in Ocala.
66/100
6% higher than Ocala
vs 62/100 in Ocala
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
56% higher than Ocala
vs 63/100 in Ocala
72
1340% more than Ocala
vs 5 nonstops in Ocala
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