with $100k coming in, swapping out of Oxnard
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
cheaper each month than Oxnard
Move to Baltimore and the monthly math gets easier. Oxnard's rent is the headline; Baltimore's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
38% cheaper than Oxnard(vs $2,995/mo)
8.2%
$92/mo less in state tax than Oxnard
vs 9.3% in Oxnard
$5,782/mo
$1,219 more than Oxnard
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
55% cheaper than Oxnard
vs $923k in Oxnard
2.8M
vs 830k in Oxnard
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Oxnard actually gets more: 342 pleasant days a year.
2.8× the events of Oxnard, and the calendar shows it.
66/100
11% lower than Oxnard
vs 74/100 in Oxnard
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
2% higher than Oxnard
vs 96/100 in Oxnard
72
0% fewer than Oxnard
vs 0 nonstops in Oxnard
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
