on $100k a year, leaving Fort Collins
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
lighter monthly cost than Fort Collins
Gainesville gives you room Fort Collins doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
17% cheaper than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$6,688/mo
$692 more than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
45% cheaper than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
350k
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Fort Collins barely cracks 177 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 3.0× the events of Fort Collins.
63/100
9% lower than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
6% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
5
97% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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