same $100k income, fresh start from Akron
changea dispatch from
gainesville
FL
29.65°N
82.32°W
Gainesville is the University of Florida, the Gators, and a college town with serious natural assets: 30+ named springs within an hour's drive, including Ginnie, Devil's Den, and Ichetucknee for tubing. The food scene is solid and cheap (it's still a college town), and downtown's grown up with breweries and music venues. Surrounded by oak forests and prairie. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers got their start here.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Akron ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Gainesville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
31% more expensive than Akron(vs $1,259/mo)
0%
$332/mo less in state tax than Akron
vs 3.99% in Akron
$6,688/mo
$54 less than Akron
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
34% more expensive than Akron
vs $236k in Akron
350k
vs 698k in Akron
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Akron barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
Akron hosts 11.0× more events.
63/100
3% lower than Akron
vs 65/100 in Akron
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
20% higher than Akron
vs 76/100 in Akron
5
55% fewer than Akron
vs 11 nonstops in Akron
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