$100k a year, no longer in Lubbock
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
the monthly cost of moving past Lubbock
Salt Lake City runs a little pricier than Lubbock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
16% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Lubbock
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,338/mo
$611 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
177% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
1.3M
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Lubbock edges ahead with 186 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Lubbock's 7.
A real upgrade on things to do: 7.8× Lubbock's pace.
78/100
1460% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
16% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
90
1186% more than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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