same $100k income, fresh start from Rochester
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
under Rochester, every month
Salt Lake City and Rochester land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
5% more expensive than Rochester(vs $1,534/mo)
4.65%
$100/mo less in state tax than Rochester
vs 5.85% in Rochester
$6,338/mo
$26 more than Rochester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
113% more expensive than Rochester
vs $273k in Rochester
1.3M
vs 1.1M in Rochester
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Rochester barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.1× Rochester's pace.
78/100
34% higher than Rochester
vs 58/100 in Rochester
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
16% higher than Rochester
vs 69/100 in Rochester
90
400% more than Rochester
vs 18 nonstops in Rochester
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