same $100k income, fresh start from Baton Rouge
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
more each month than Baton Rouge ran you
Salt Lake City runs a little pricier than Baton Rouge. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
18% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
4.65%
$138/mo more in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,338/mo
$384 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
133% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
1.3M
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Baton Rouge edges ahead with 187 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 1 in Baton Rouge.
4.1× the events of Baton Rouge, and the calendar shows it.
78/100
56% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
7% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
90
2150% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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