$100k a year, no longer in Des Moines
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 Des Moines
Salt Lake City runs a little pricier than Des Moines. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
27% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
4.65%
$112/mo less in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$6,338/mo
$227 less than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
95% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
1.3M
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Des Moines barely cracks 151 pleasant ones.
35% more happening than in Des Moines.
78/100
42% higher than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
3% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
90
429% more than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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