with $100k coming in, swapping out of Springfield

change
Louisville, KY cityscape

if you left springfield

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

$586

below Springfield's monthly cost

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,368/mo

28% cheaper than Springfield(vs $1,913/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$42/mo less in state tax than Springfield

vs 5% in Springfield

03after rent

$6,590/mo

$586 more than Springfield

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

04a house here

$282k

24% cheaper than Springfield

vs $373k in Springfield

05metro size

1.4M

vs 460k in Springfield

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

181

pleasant days a year, in louisville.

Springfield only logs 147 pleasant days.

1433% more happening than in Springfield.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

54/100

18% lower than Springfield

vs 66/100 in Springfield

Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.

·walk score®

94/100

8% higher than Springfield

vs 87/100 in Springfield

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

22

15% fewer than Springfield

vs 26 nonstops in Springfield

04 · see also

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