4. Salt Lake City (Utah)
Metro population: 1 million
Unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
Cost of living index: 103.1 (100 is average)
Sperling says the biggest surprise on the top 10 list of cities for young people is Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s the fastest-growing city for young people, and part of that may be that it ranks ranks in the top five in terms of job opportunities and it’s more affordable than some of the other hip cities in the Rockies
