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Louisville

ky · metro 1.4M

a 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.

metro1.4M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$594

cheaper each month than Fort Collins

Not a fortune, but real money. Louisville runs cheaper than Fort Collins month over month.
landable, recorded on the louisville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,368/mo

31% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$8/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins

vs 4.4% in Fort Collins

03after rent

$6,590/mo

$594 more than Fort Collins

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$282k

51% cheaper than Fort Collins

vs $572k in Fort Collins

05metro size

1.4M

vs 371k in Fort Collins

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

181

pleasant days a year, in louisville.

Fort Collins keeps to 177 pleasant days a year.

92.0× the events of Fort Collins, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

54/100

22% lower than Fort Collins

vs 69/100 in Fort Collins

Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.

·walk score®

94/100

9% higher than Fort Collins

vs 86/100 in Fort Collins

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

22

87% fewer than Fort Collins

vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins

04 · see also

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