same $100k income, fresh start from Wichita
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
more each month than Wichita ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Louisville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
17% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
4.5%
$100/mo less in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$6,590/mo
$95 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
28% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
1.4M
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Wichita barely cracks 164 pleasant ones.
411% more happening than in Wichita.
54/100
4% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
36% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
22
100% more than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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