$100k a year, no longer in Lafayette
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 each month than Lafayette ran you
Hagerstown costs more than Lafayette, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
19% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
8.2%
$433/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,063/mo
$688 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
61% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
305k
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
260% more happening than in Lafayette.
56/100
30% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
4% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
2
33% fewer than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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