$100k salary, packing up from Detroit
changea dispatch from
louisville
KY
38.25°N
85.76°W
Louisville is bourbon, the Derby, Muhammad Ali, and the Hot Brown sandwich (an open-faced turkey-and-cheese situation invented at the Brown Hotel). Derby week is a citywide event where people dress like they're at a wedding for a horse. The Highlands neighborhood has the best dive bars, the Urban Bourbon Trail downtown takes a full weekend. Pronounce it 'Loo-uh-vul' and you'll fit in.
in our guides
the verdict
below Detroit's monthly cost
On paper, Louisville and Detroit are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
7% cheaper than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
4.5%
$21/mo more in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$6,590/mo
$83 more than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
8% more expensive than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
1.4M
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Detroit barely cracks 160 pleasant ones.
Things to do run about even with Detroit.
54/100
15% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
5% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
22
84% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
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