$100k salary, packing up from Little Rock

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Ogden, UT cityscape

swapping out of little rock

Ogden

ut · metro 658k

a dispatch from

ogden

UT

41.22°N

111.97°W

Ogden is the old railroad town turned ski-bum gateway, with three world-class resorts (Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, Nordic Valley) within 30 minutes. Historic 25th Street has the old saloons and brick storefronts intact, now full of breweries and restaurants. Union Station is a working museum. The Wasatch Mountains loom right behind town. It's the chiller, cheaper neighbor of Park City.

metro658k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$453

more each month than Little Rock ran you

Ogden runs a little pricier than Little Rock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the ogden entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,641/mo

36% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)

02state income tax

4.65%

$21/mo more in state tax than Little Rock

vs 4.4% in Little Rock

03after rent

$6,305/mo

$453 less than Little Rock

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

04a house here

$524k

130% more expensive than Little Rock

vs $228k in Little Rock

05metro size

658k

vs 765k in Little Rock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

174

pleasant days a year, in ogden.

Little Rock barely cracks 163 pleasant ones. Cold is the cost: 54 days drop below 20° vs Little Rock's 6.

Lighter on events: Little Rock packs 6.5× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

80/100

48% higher than Little Rock

vs 54/100 in Little Rock

Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 21.7 mi.

·walk score®

84/100

71% higher than Little Rock

vs 49/100 in Little Rock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

429% more than Little Rock

vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock

04 · see also

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