$100k salary, packing up from Columbus
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
below Columbus's monthly cost
On paper, Gainesville and Columbus are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
30% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,264/mo)
0%
$457/mo less in state tax than Columbus
vs 5.49% in Columbus
$6,688/mo
$76 more than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
52% more expensive than Columbus
vs $208k in Columbus
350k
vs 329k in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Columbus barely cracks 177 pleasant ones.
87% fewer events than Columbus. The pace eases up.
63/100
34% higher than Columbus
vs 47/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
17% higher than Columbus
vs 78/100 in Columbus
5
400% more than Columbus
vs 1 nonstops in Columbus
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