$100k a year, no longer in Ann Arbor
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
cheaper each month than Ann Arbor
Not a fortune, but real money. Gainesville runs cheaper than Ann Arbor month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
21% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)
0%
$354/mo less in state tax than Ann Arbor
vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor
$6,688/mo
$791 more than Ann Arbor
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
26% cheaper than Ann Arbor
vs $429k in Ann Arbor
350k
vs 366k in Ann Arbor
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Ann Arbor barely cracks 154 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Ann Arbor packs 4.7× more into a month.
63/100
13% higher than Ann Arbor
vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
6% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor
5
96% fewer than Ann Arbor
vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor
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