on $100k a year, leaving Hartford
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 Hartford, every month
Salt Lake City gives you room Hartford doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
17% cheaper than Hartford(vs $1,931/mo)
4.65%
$71/mo less in state tax than Hartford
vs 5.5% in Hartford
$6,338/mo
$394 more than Hartford
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
42% more expensive than Hartford
vs $411k in Hartford
1.3M
vs 1.2M in Hartford
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Hartford keeps to 148 pleasant days a year.
114% more happening than in Hartford.
78/100
16% higher than Hartford
vs 67/100 in Hartford
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
12% lower than Hartford
vs 91/100 in Hartford
90
246% more than Hartford
vs 26 nonstops in Hartford
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