on $100k a year, leaving Columbus
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 Columbus ran you
Salt Lake City runs a little pricier than Columbus. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
27% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
4.65%
$70/mo less in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$6,338/mo
$274 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
181% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
1.3M
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Columbus edges ahead with 177 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Columbus's 2.
A month here packs 2.7× the events of Columbus.
78/100
66% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
3% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
90
8900% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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