with $100k coming in, swapping out of York
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
the monthly premium over York
Hagerstown runs a little pricier than York. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
17% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
8.2%
$428/mo more in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,063/mo
$654 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
4% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
305k
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
York barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 18.0× the events of York.
56/100
12% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
5% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
2
83% fewer than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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