$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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
below St. Louis's monthly cost
On paper, Louisville and St. Louis are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
3% cheaper than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.5%
$17/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,590/mo
$59 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
2% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.4M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
St. Louis only manages 174 of those.
Things to do run about even with St. Louis.
54/100
21% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
8% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
22
63% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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