$100k salary, packing up from San Antonio
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 San Antonio
Baltimore doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Baltimore is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
34% more expensive than San Antonio(vs $1,394/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than San Antonio
vs 0% in San Antonio
$5,782/mo
$1,157 less than San Antonio
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
47% more expensive than San Antonio
vs $280k in San Antonio
2.8M
vs 2.7M in San Antonio
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
San Antonio only logs 167 pleasant days.
Lighter on events: San Antonio packs 1.7× more into a month.
66/100
35% higher than San Antonio
vs 49/100 in San Antonio
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
1% higher than San Antonio
vs 97/100 in San Antonio
72
106% more than San Antonio
vs 35 nonstops in San Antonio
same energy as baltimore, different zip code:
