$100k a year, no longer in Chattanooga
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
the monthly cost of moving past Chattanooga
Salt Lake City costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
6% more expensive than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga
vs 0% in Chattanooga
$6,338/mo
$471 less than Chattanooga
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
81% more expensive than Chattanooga
vs $322k in Chattanooga
1.3M
vs 580k in Chattanooga
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Chattanooga only manages 167 of those. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 5 in Chattanooga.
A month here packs 2.7× the events of Chattanooga.
78/100
13% higher than Chattanooga
vs 69/100 in Chattanooga
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
2% lower than Chattanooga
vs 82/100 in Chattanooga
90
1025% more than Chattanooga
vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga
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