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Eugene

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a dispatch from

eugene

OR

44.05°N

123.09°W

Eugene is Track Town USA (Hayward Field is the spiritual home of American distance running), the University of Oregon, and a hippie-academic-outdoorsy culture that's been here since the '60s and isn't going anywhere. The Willamette and McKenzie rivers meet just outside town. Saturday Market downtown has been running for over 50 years. Coffee and craft beer are taken seriously. Misty in winter, glorious in summer.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$533

pricier each month than Salt Lake City

Eugene runs a little pricier than Salt Lake City. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the eugene entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,799/mo

12% more expensive than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)

02state income tax

8.75%

$342/mo more in state tax than Salt Lake City

vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City

03after rent

$5,805/mo

$533 less than Salt Lake City

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

04a house here

$456k

22% cheaper than Salt Lake City

vs $584k in Salt Lake City

05metro size

381k

vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

206

pleasant days a year, in eugene.

Salt Lake City barely cracks 168 pleasant ones.

But the calendar thins out: Salt Lake City stays 2.3× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

75/100

4% lower than Salt Lake City

vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City

Closest outdoor draw: Willamette National Forest, 47.5 mi.

·walk score®

97/100

21% higher than Salt Lake City

vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

90% fewer than Salt Lake City

vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City

04 · see also

same energy as eugene, different zip code:

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pensacola

$776/mo cheaper

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reno

$620/mo cheaper

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greenville

$436/mo cheaper

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