$100k salary, packing up from Atlanta
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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.
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the verdict
less monthly outlay than Atlanta
The gap is real. Gainesville costs noticeably less than Atlanta, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
9% cheaper than Atlanta(vs $1,814/mo)
0%
$457/mo less in state tax than Atlanta
vs 5.49% in Atlanta
$6,688/mo
$626 more than Atlanta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
18% cheaper than Atlanta
vs $386k in Atlanta
350k
vs 6.3M in Atlanta
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Atlanta only manages 204 of those.
99% fewer events than Atlanta. The pace eases up.
63/100
6% lower than Atlanta
vs 67/100 in Atlanta
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than Atlanta
vs 93/100 in Atlanta
5
98% fewer than Atlanta
vs 217 nonstops in Atlanta
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