$100k salary, packing up from Dayton
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 Dayton
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Gainesville is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
25% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)
0%
$332/mo less in state tax than Dayton
vs 3.99% in Dayton
$6,688/mo
$8 more than Dayton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
128% more expensive than Dayton
vs $139k in Dayton
350k
vs 808k in Dayton
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Dayton barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
79% fewer events than Dayton. The pace eases up.
63/100
2% higher than Dayton
vs 62/100 in Dayton
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Dayton
vs 89/100 in Dayton
5
69% fewer than Dayton
vs 16 nonstops in Dayton
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