same $100k income, fresh start from Houston
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
more expensive each month than Houston
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Gainesville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
2% more expensive than Houston(vs $1,610/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Houston
$6,688/mo
$35 less than Houston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
2% more expensive than Houston
vs $311k in Houston
350k
vs 7.5M in Houston
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Houston barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
99% fewer events than Houston. The pace eases up.
63/100
15% higher than Houston
vs 55/100 in Houston
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
18% higher than Houston
vs 77/100 in Houston
5
97% fewer than Houston
vs 176 nonstops in Houston
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