$100k salary, packing up from Greensboro

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Louisville, KY cityscape

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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

$60

less monthly outlay than Greensboro

Cost barely budges between Louisville and Greensboro. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the louisville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,368/mo

4% cheaper than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

vs 4.5% in Greensboro

03after rent

$6,590/mo

$60 more than Greensboro

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

04a house here

$282k

5% more expensive than Greensboro

vs $269k in Greensboro

05metro size

1.4M

vs 790k in Greensboro

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

181

pleasant days a year, in louisville.

Greensboro edges ahead with 189 pleasant days.

1.9× the events of Greensboro, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

54/100

0% lower than Greensboro

vs 54/100 in Greensboro

Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.

·walk score®

94/100

7% higher than Greensboro

vs 88/100 in Greensboro

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

22

57% more than Greensboro

vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro

04 · see also

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