01 · the cities
Miami
Miami is Spanish before it's English, salsa before it's small talk, and a cortadito before it's a coffee. South Beach Art Deco glows pink at night, Wynwood is a city-sized mural, and the Cuban sandwiches in Little Havana could end fights. Summer is bath-warm ocean and ceiling fans turned up high, and October feels like everywhere else's perfect August. Bring linen.
full dispatch→Louisville
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.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,665/mo
$1,368/mo
$1,297/mo less than Miami (95%)
Median home price
Median home price
$565k
$282k
$282k less than Miami
State income tax
State income tax
0%
4.5%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$5,668/mo
$6,590/mo
Louisville has $922/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
272 days
181 days
91 fewer than Miami
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
1 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
15 days
days below 20°F per year
Louisville drops below 20°F on 15 more days per year than Miami.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
77 / 100
54 / 100
23.0 pts behind Miami
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
167 routes
22 routes
145 fewer direct routes than Miami
Metro size
Metro size
6.2M metro
1.4M metro
Miami has 10.7x more events per month than Louisville.
the verdict
5
Miami
categories won
3
Louisville
categories won
Miami wins on weather and lifestyle. Louisville has the edge on money.
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