$100k salary, packing up from Hickory
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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 Hickory
On paper, Gainesville and Hickory are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
15% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$6,688/mo
$164 more than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
18% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
350k
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Hickory only logs 189 pleasant days.
Noticeably quieter than Hickory. About 84% fewer events on a typical month.
63/100
2% lower than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
30% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
5
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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