with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lafayette
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 Lafayette
Barely costlier than Lafayette. If Gainesville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
23% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,688/mo
$63 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
58% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
350k
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
40% fewer events than Lafayette. The pace eases up.
63/100
47% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
5
67% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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