with $100k coming in, swapping out of Sarasota
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
less monthly outlay than Sarasota
Salt Lake City and Sarasota 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
24% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Sarasota
vs 0% in Sarasota
$6,338/mo
$126 more than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
38% more expensive than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
1.3M
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Sarasota gets 249 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 0 in Sarasota.
20.7× the events of Sarasota, and the calendar shows it.
78/100
32% higher than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
17% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
90
1400% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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