on $100k a year, leaving Hagerstown

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New Haven, CT cityscape

next stop after hagerstown

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$277

the monthly premium over Hagerstown

New Haven runs a little pricier than Hagerstown. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

32% more expensive than Hagerstown(vs $1,587/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$225/mo less in state tax than Hagerstown

vs 8.2% in Hagerstown

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$277 less than Hagerstown

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$424k

32% more expensive than Hagerstown

vs $321k in Hagerstown

05metro size

568k

vs 305k in Hagerstown

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Hagerstown edges ahead with 160 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 40 days under 20°, vs 24 in Hagerstown.

Comparable to Hagerstown for events and concerts.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

20% higher than Hagerstown

vs 56/100 in Hagerstown

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

9% higher than Hagerstown

vs 88/100 in Hagerstown

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

50% fewer than Hagerstown

vs 2 nonstops in Hagerstown

04 · see also

cities that play in new haven's register: