$100k salary, packing up from Los Angeles
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.
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the verdict
below Los Angeles's monthly cost
Louisville runs on a fraction of Los Angeles's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
53% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
4.5%
$400/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,590/mo
$1,931 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
73% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.4M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Los Angeles actually gets more: 283 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Los Angeles stays 3.8× busier.
54/100
19% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
2% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
22
85% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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