with $100k coming in, swapping out of Gainesville
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 expensive each month than Gainesville
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
2% cheaper than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Gainesville
vs 0% in Gainesville
$6,338/mo
$350 less than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
84% more expensive than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
1.3M
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Gainesville has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 33 days below 20° vs Gainesville's 0.
1967% more happening than in Gainesville.
78/100
24% higher than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
12% lower than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
90
1700% more than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
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