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yeaughourdt t1_j93a0h3 wrote

I always gripe about how it's 2+ hours to mountains and 2+ hours to the ocean from Baltimore, but even Denver is an hour from the mountains, and our cost of living is infinitely lower and they don't have an ocean. I still wouldn't say that Baltimore has very good access to the outdoors, but you can make it work if you don't mind some driving.

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neutronicus t1_j96cpad wrote

The mountains are visible from Denver, which is a big qualitative difference.

But yes, practically if you are about that life you would live on the western side of the Metro area (Boulder / Broomfield / Westminster / Longmont / Arvada). In those areas you really are right there - the plains run right up to the Front Range so you can build right up to the mountains in a way that isn't quite possible here in the east.

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someguyontheintrnet t1_j93gbv5 wrote

Denver’s cost of living is only 3% higher than Baltimore. cost of living calculator

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yeaughourdt t1_j948vy0 wrote

No idea how it's calculating a 3% difference when the average single family home sold in Denver is over twice the price of that in Baltimore. I've been looking at housing there (not apartments so not much insight there) for a while and it's ridiculous. Housing is most people's largest monthly expense, so while you can probably get your groceries for around the same price, it's not nearly as livable.

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someguyontheintrnet t1_j94927i wrote

Its probably based on metropolitan area. Baltimore suburbs are expensive, baltimore city is not. But the taxes get you.

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