01 · the cities
San Jose
San Jose is Silicon Valley's anchor city, much bigger than San Francisco by population, and culturally underrated because everyone drives through it on the way somewhere else. The Vietnamese food scene (especially in Little Saigon) is one of the best in the country. The weather is impossibly mild, the Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, and the tech money funds a genuinely excellent restaurant scene.
full dispatch→Ogden
Ogden is the old railroad town turned ski-bum gateway, with three world-class resorts (Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, Nordic Valley) within 30 minutes. Historic 25th Street has the old saloons and brick storefronts intact, now full of breweries and restaurants. Union Station is a working museum. The Wasatch Mountains loom right behind town. It's the chiller, cheaper neighbor of Park City.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$3,470/mo
$1,641/mo
$1,829/mo less than San Jose (111%)
Median home price
Median home price
$1.8M
$524k
$1.3M less than San Jose
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.7%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,088/mo
$6,305/mo
Ogden has $2,217/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
283 days
174 days
109 fewer than San Jose
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
19 days
4 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
54 days
days below 20°F per year
San Jose has 15 more days above 95°F each year than Ogden. Ogden drops below 20°F on 54 more days per year than San Jose.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
70 / 100
80 / 100
10.0 pts ahead of San Jose
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
29 routes
90 routes
61 more direct routes than San Jose
Metro size
Metro size
1.9M metro
658k metro
San Jose has 31.0x more events per month than Ogden.
the verdict
2
San Jose
categories won
7
Ogden
categories won
Ogden wins on money and lifestyle. San Jose has the edge on weather.
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