on $100k a year, leaving Allentown
changea dispatch from
salt lake city
UT
40.76°N
111.89°W
Salt Lake City sits in a bowl of mountains so close you can be at a ski lift in 30 minutes. The grid is laid out from Temple Square in clean numbered streets that make navigation almost too easy. The Great Salt Lake glints west, the Wasatch towers east, and the city itself has loosened up into a real food and bar scene in the last decade. The powder really is that light.
in our guides
the verdict
lighter monthly cost than Allentown
On paper, Salt Lake City and Allentown are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
11% cheaper than Allentown(vs $1,809/mo)
4.65%
$132/mo more in state tax than Allentown
vs 3.07% in Allentown
$6,338/mo
$69 more than Allentown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
63% more expensive than Allentown
vs $359k in Allentown
1.3M
vs 874k in Allentown
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Allentown only manages 157 of those.
A month here packs 2.3× the events of Allentown.
78/100
7% higher than Allentown
vs 73/100 in Allentown
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
7% lower than Allentown
vs 86/100 in Allentown
90
900% more than Allentown
vs 9 nonstops in Allentown
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