Salt Lake City Makes Top 10 List for Freelancers and Telecommuters
Salt Lake City landed the No. 2 spot of the nation’s top 100 metros most suited for freelance and telecommuting life. The survey looked at places that are affordable, fun and work-from-home friendly. Other criteria included cost of state and local taxes, cost of individual health care plans, cost of high-bandwidth internet connections, number of coffee shops with free Wi-Fi, number of gyms per capita, and number of bars open at 3 p.m. “Salt Lake City residents have access to blazingly fast fiber internet,” the report noted. “The area also offers telecommuters and freelancers the chance to sneak away from their laptops for a morning of skiing or a late afternoon hike in the nearby Wasatch Mountains.” Las Vegas took the No. 1 spot.