on $100k a year, leaving Kansas City
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 Kansas City ran you
Salt Lake City edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
7% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
4.65%
$4/mo less in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$6,338/mo
$102 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
79% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
1.3M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Kansas City has the edge here, logging 170 pleasant days a year.
Things to do run about even with Kansas City.
78/100
39% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
15% lower than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
90
109% more than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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