with $100k coming in, swapping out of Louisville
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.
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the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Louisville
Salt Lake City costs more than Louisville, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
18% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
4.65%
$13/mo more in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$6,338/mo
$252 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
107% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
1.3M
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Louisville gets 181 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Louisville's 15.
Lighter on events: Louisville packs 1.5× more into a month.
78/100
44% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
15% lower than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
90
309% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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