same $100k income, fresh start from Memphis
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 expensive each month than Memphis
Salt Lake City costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
12% more expensive than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$6,338/mo
$559 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
140% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
1.3M
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Memphis has the edge here, logging 185 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 5 in Memphis.
A month here packs 1.7× the events of Memphis.
78/100
39% higher than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
10% lower than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
90
181% more than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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