on $100k a year, leaving Shreveport
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
pricier each month than Shreveport
You'd pay for Salt Lake City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
23% more expensive than Shreveport(vs $1,308/mo)
4.65%
$138/mo more in state tax than Shreveport
vs 3% in Shreveport
$6,338/mo
$437 less than Shreveport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
232% more expensive than Shreveport
vs $176k in Shreveport
1.3M
vs 383k in Shreveport
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Shreveport only manages 159 of those. Winter shows up, though: 33 days below 20° vs Shreveport's 2.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 62.0× more on the calendar than Shreveport.
78/100
39% higher than Shreveport
vs 56/100 in Shreveport
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
57% higher than Shreveport
vs 51/100 in Shreveport
90
1700% more than Shreveport
vs 5 nonstops in Shreveport
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