same $100k income, fresh start from Riverside
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
cheaper each month than Riverside
Louisville is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
45% cheaper than Riverside(vs $2,493/mo)
4.5%
$400/mo less in state tax than Riverside
vs 9.3% in Riverside
$6,590/mo
$1,525 more than Riverside
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
53% cheaper than Riverside
vs $595k in Riverside
1.4M
vs 4.7M in Riverside
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Riverside gets 249 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
A month here packs 15.3× the events of Riverside.
54/100
22% lower than Riverside
vs 69/100 in Riverside
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
2% higher than Riverside
vs 92/100 in Riverside
22
57% more than Riverside
vs 14 nonstops in Riverside
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