$100k salary, packing up from Ogden

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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

$285

below Ogden's monthly cost

You'd feel the difference in Louisville. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Ogden.
landable, recorded on the louisville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,368/mo

17% cheaper than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$13/mo less in state tax than Ogden

vs 4.65% in Ogden

03after rent

$6,590/mo

$285 more than Ogden

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

04a house here

$282k

46% cheaper than Ogden

vs $524k in Ogden

05metro size

1.4M

vs 658k in Ogden

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

181

pleasant days a year, in louisville.

Ogden only manages 174 of those.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 46.0× more on the calendar than Ogden.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

54/100

32% lower than Ogden

vs 80/100 in Ogden

Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.

·walk score®

94/100

12% higher than Ogden

vs 84/100 in Ogden

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

22

76% fewer than Ogden

vs 90 nonstops in Ogden

04 · see also

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