same $100k income, fresh start from Columbia
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
under Columbia, every month
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Salt Lake City is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
4% more expensive than Columbia(vs $1,551/mo)
4.65%
$154/mo less in state tax than Columbia
vs 6.5% in Columbia
$6,338/mo
$97 more than Columbia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
129% more expensive than Columbia
vs $255k in Columbia
1.3M
vs 857k in Columbia
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Columbia edges ahead with 189 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 2 in Columbia.
A month here packs 3.3× the events of Columbia.
78/100
42% higher than Columbia
vs 55/100 in Columbia
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
6% lower than Columbia
vs 85/100 in Columbia
90
800% more than Columbia
vs 10 nonstops in Columbia
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