$100k salary, packing up from Tallahassee
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 Tallahassee
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
22% more expensive than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee
vs 0% in Tallahassee
$5,782/mo
$1,024 less than Tallahassee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
43% more expensive than Tallahassee
vs $289k in Tallahassee
2.8M
vs 393k in Tallahassee
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Tallahassee edges ahead with 186 pleasant days.
A month here packs 33.5× the events of Tallahassee.
66/100
14% higher than Tallahassee
vs 58/100 in Tallahassee
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
27% higher than Tallahassee
vs 77/100 in Tallahassee
72
929% more than Tallahassee
vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee
in the same ballpark as baltimore:
