Several other cities have committed to $15 minimum wages, and the most comprehensive and objective study so far of the impact — a University of Washington evaluation of Seattle's move toward a $15 minimum — shows effects that range from mildly positive to mildly negative, depending on what metrics and assumptions are used. The economy in San Francisco, another early adopter of the $15 movement, hasn't fallen into the Pacific either. But there is no comparison between the situation faced by Baltimore and those in places like Seattle and San Francisco. Baltimore's economy may be growing faster than the rest of the state, as The Sun's Luke Broadwater reported on Sunday, but its economy is still nowhere close to those of the pioneers in enacting $15 an hour laws.