on $100k a year, leaving Santa Rosa
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 Santa Rosa's monthly cost
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
47% cheaper than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
4.5%
$400/mo less in state tax than Santa Rosa
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$6,590/mo
$1,629 more than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
65% cheaper than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
1.4M
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Santa Rosa gets 254 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
A real upgrade on things to do: 92.0× Santa Rosa's pace.
54/100
22% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
4% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
22
450% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
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