same $100k income, fresh start from El Paso
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
pricier each month than El Paso
You'd pay for Salt Lake City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
9% more expensive than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than El Paso
vs 0% in El Paso
$6,338/mo
$522 less than El Paso
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
152% more expensive than El Paso
vs $231k in El Paso
1.3M
vs 872k in El Paso
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
El Paso actually gets more: 222 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 1 in El Paso.
107% more happening than in El Paso.
78/100
20% higher than El Paso
vs 65/100 in El Paso
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
14% lower than El Paso
vs 93/100 in El Paso
90
592% more than El Paso
vs 13 nonstops in El Paso
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