$100k salary, packing up from Louisville
changea dispatch from
greeley
CO
40.42°N
104.71°W
Greeley is northern Colorado's ag city, sitting on the South Platte River with cattle feedlots, sugar beets, and the University of Northern Colorado. The annual Greeley Stampede every July is one of the bigger rodeos in the country. It's an honest, wide-sky kind of town with deep ag roots. Cheaper than Fort Collins, with mountain access still under an hour away.
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Louisville
Greeley runs a little pricier than Louisville. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,698/mo
24% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
4.4%
$8/mo less in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$6,269/mo
$321 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$497k
76% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
359k
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in greeley.
Louisville edges ahead with 181 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 44 days under 20°, vs 15 in Louisville.
But the calendar thins out: Louisville stays 23.0× busier.
67/100
24% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Rocky Mountain National Park, 43.7 mi.
66/100
30% lower than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
169
668% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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