on $100k a year, leaving San Luis Obispo
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
under San Luis Obispo, every month
In Baltimore, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
40% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
8.2%
$92/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$5,782/mo
$1,319 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
56% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
2.8M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
San Luis Obispo edges ahead with 303 pleasant days.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 6.7× more on the calendar than San Luis Obispo.
66/100
3% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
0% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
72
2300% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
