same $100k income, fresh start from Fort Wayne
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
more expensive each month than Fort Wayne
Louisville runs a little pricier than Fort Wayne. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
15% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
4.5%
$125/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,590/mo
$306 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
11% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
1.4M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Fort Wayne barely cracks 161 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 4.4× more on the calendar than Fort Wayne.
54/100
17% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
4% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
22
120% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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