on $100k a year, leaving Hickory
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 Hickory ran you
Barely costlier than Hickory. If Salt Lake City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
12% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
4.65%
$13/mo more in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,338/mo
$186 less than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
118% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
1.3M
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Hickory gets 189 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 4 in Hickory.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.3× more on the calendar than Hickory.
78/100
22% higher than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
14% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
90
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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