$100k salary, packing up from Louisville
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las vegas
NV
36.17°N
115.14°W
Las Vegas is the Strip's neon dream, the desert's quiet edges, and a food scene that has quietly become world-class on the back of all those visiting chefs. Red Rock Canyon is 20 minutes from the Bellagio fountains, which is a useful reset button. Pools open in April and parties go until sunrise. Locals know the best restaurants are always one block off the Strip.
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under Louisville, every month
Las Vegas and Louisville land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
27% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$6,602/mo
$12 more than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$451k
60% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
2.3M
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
210
pleasant days a year, in las vegas.
Louisville barely cracks 181 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 104 days top 95° vs Louisville's 1.
3713% more happening than in Louisville.
80/100
48% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Death Valley National Park, 66.5 mi.
82/100
13% lower than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
133
505% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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