with $100k coming in, swapping out of Manchester

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Louisville, KY cityscape

if you left manchester

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

$349

lighter monthly cost than Manchester

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,368/mo

35% cheaper than Manchester(vs $2,092/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$375/mo more in state tax than Manchester

vs 0% in Manchester

03after rent

$6,590/mo

$349 more than Manchester

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

04a house here

$282k

48% cheaper than Manchester

vs $548k in Manchester

05metro size

1.4M

vs 427k in Manchester

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

181

pleasant days a year, in louisville.

Manchester only manages 154 of those.

513% more happening than in Manchester.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

54/100

13% lower than Manchester

vs 62/100 in Manchester

Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.

·walk score®

94/100

4% lower than Manchester

vs 98/100 in Manchester

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

22

69% more than Manchester

vs 13 nonstops in Manchester

04 · see also

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