$100k a year, no longer in Columbia
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
less monthly outlay than Columbia
Gainesville is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
6% more expensive than Columbia(vs $1,551/mo)
0%
$542/mo less in state tax than Columbia
vs 6.5% in Columbia
$6,688/mo
$447 more than Columbia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
24% more expensive than Columbia
vs $255k in Columbia
350k
vs 857k in Columbia
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Columbia barely cracks 189 pleasant ones.
84% fewer events than Columbia. The pace eases up.
63/100
15% higher than Columbia
vs 55/100 in Columbia
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Columbia
vs 85/100 in Columbia
5
50% fewer than Columbia
vs 10 nonstops in Columbia
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