on $100k a year, leaving Austin
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
pricier each month than Austin
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
4% more expensive than Austin(vs $1,583/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Austin
$6,688/mo
$62 less than Austin
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
27% cheaper than Austin
vs $433k in Austin
350k
vs 2.5M in Austin
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Austin barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.
98% fewer events than Austin. The pace eases up.
63/100
13% higher than Austin
vs 56/100 in Austin
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than Austin
vs 99/100 in Austin
5
88% fewer than Austin
vs 42 nonstops in Austin
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