$100k salary, packing up from Ogden
changea dispatch from
charlotte
NC
35.23°N
80.84°W
Charlotte is banking towers (it's the second-biggest banking center in the country after NYC) wrapped in pine trees and southern hospitality. Uptown is the downtown (Charlotteans correct you on this immediately), the NASCAR Hall of Fame anchors a real motorsport scene, and the Whitewater Center lets you raft inside the city limits. Growth is fast, breweries are everywhere, and barbecue gets the Carolina vinegar treatment.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Ogden ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Charlotte is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,728/mo
5% more expensive than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)
4.5%
$13/mo less in state tax than Ogden
vs 4.65% in Ogden
$6,230/mo
$75 less than Ogden
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$391k
25% cheaper than Ogden
vs $524k in Ogden
2.8M
vs 658k in Ogden
field notes, weather & such.
200
pleasant days a year, in charlotte.
Ogden barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
5550% more happening than in Ogden.
51/100
36% lower than Ogden
vs 80/100 in Ogden
Closest outdoor draw: Kings Mountain State Park, 30.3 mi.
94/100
12% higher than Ogden
vs 84/100 in Ogden
141
57% more than Ogden
vs 90 nonstops in Ogden
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