same $100k income, fresh start from Wichita
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
more expensive each month than Wichita
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
59% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
8.2%
$208/mo more in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$5,782/mo
$903 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
86% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
2.8M
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Wichita barely cracks 164 pleasant ones.
272% more happening than in Wichita.
66/100
27% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
42% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
72
555% more than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
