$100k salary, packing up from Syracuse
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 Syracuse, every month
On paper, Salt Lake City and Syracuse are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
1% cheaper than Syracuse(vs $1,619/mo)
4.65%
$100/mo less in state tax than Syracuse
vs 5.85% in Syracuse
$6,338/mo
$111 more than Syracuse
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
130% more expensive than Syracuse
vs $254k in Syracuse
1.3M
vs 653k in Syracuse
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Syracuse barely cracks 142 pleasant ones.
About as much going on as in Syracuse.
78/100
32% higher than Syracuse
vs 59/100 in Syracuse
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
12% lower than Syracuse
vs 91/100 in Syracuse
90
463% more than Syracuse
vs 16 nonstops in Syracuse
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