same $100k income, fresh start from Buffalo
changea dispatch from
hagerstown
MD
39.64°N
77.72°W
Hagerstown is the Hub City of western Maryland, where rail lines and highways converge in the Cumberland Valley. The downtown has a small but charming historic core. Antietam Battlefield is 30 minutes south, with some of the most affecting Civil War landscape in the country. The Appalachian Trail crosses just to the west. Quiet, with serious history nearby.
the verdict
more expensive each month than Buffalo
Hagerstown runs a little pricier than Buffalo. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
16% more expensive than Buffalo(vs $1,374/mo)
8.2%
$196/mo more in state tax than Buffalo
vs 5.85% in Buffalo
$6,063/mo
$409 less than Buffalo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
15% more expensive than Buffalo
vs $280k in Buffalo
305k
vs 1.2M in Buffalo
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
Buffalo barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: Buffalo stays 3.8× busier.
56/100
15% lower than Buffalo
vs 66/100 in Buffalo
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
3% lower than Buffalo
vs 91/100 in Buffalo
2
90% fewer than Buffalo
vs 20 nonstops in Buffalo
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