same $100k income, fresh start from Las Vegas
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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
lighter monthly cost than Las Vegas
Gainesville and Las Vegas land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
5% cheaper than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Las Vegas
$6,688/mo
$86 more than Las Vegas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
30% cheaper than Las Vegas
vs $451k in Las Vegas
350k
vs 2.3M in Las Vegas
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Las Vegas actually gets more: 210 pleasant days a year.
100% fewer events than Las Vegas. The pace eases up.
63/100
21% lower than Las Vegas
vs 80/100 in Las Vegas
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
11% higher than Las Vegas
vs 82/100 in Las Vegas
5
96% fewer than Las Vegas
vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas
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