$100k salary, packing up from Port St. Lucie

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Salt Lake City, UT cityscape

next stop after port st. lucie

Salt Lake City

ut · metro 1.3M

a 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.

metro1.3M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$336

less monthly outlay than Port St. Lucie

The gap is real. Salt Lake City costs noticeably less than Port St. Lucie, every month.
landable, recorded on the salt lake city entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,608/mo

31% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

4.65%

$388/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,338/mo

$336 more than Port St. Lucie

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$584k

47% more expensive than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

1.3M

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

168

pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.

Port St. Lucie gets 246 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Port St. Lucie's 0.

·outdoorscore

78/100

56% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.

·walk score®

80/100

700% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

291% more than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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