same $100k income, fresh start from Shreveport
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 Shreveport ran you
Hagerstown costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
21% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)
8.2%
$433/mo more in state tax than Shreveport
vs 3% in Shreveport
$6,063/mo
$712 less than Shreveport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
83% more expensive than Shreveport
vs $176k in Shreveport
305k
vs 383k in Shreveport
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
Shreveport keeps to 159 pleasant days a year.
1700% more happening than in Shreveport.
56/100
0% lower than Shreveport
vs 56/100 in Shreveport
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
73% higher than Shreveport
vs 51/100 in Shreveport
2
60% fewer than Shreveport
vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport
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