on $100k a year, leaving Louisville
changea dispatch from
atlanta
GA
33.75°N
84.39°W
Atlanta is hip-hop's current capital, with 'Peachtree' in seemingly every other street name and the busiest airport in the world acting as the city's front door. The Beltline turned old rail corridors into a 22-mile loop of murals, breweries, and joggers. Food culture spans soul food, Vietnamese banh mi in Buford Highway strip malls, and barbecue. The tree canopy is one of the densest in any major American city.
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more each month than Louisville ran you
Atlanta runs a little pricier than Louisville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,814/mo
33% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
5.49%
$82/mo more in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$6,062/mo
$528 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$386k
37% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
6.3M
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
204
pleasant days a year, in atlanta.
Louisville barely cracks 181 pleasant ones.
2.6× the events of Louisville, and the calendar shows it.
67/100
24% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Sweetwater Creek State Park, 13.1 mi.
93/100
1% lower than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
217
886% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
