$100k a year, no longer in Los Angeles
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
less monthly outlay than Los Angeles
Gainesville is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
43% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,688/mo
$2,029 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
69% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
350k
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Los Angeles edges ahead with 283 pleasant days.
99% fewer events than Los Angeles. The pace eases up.
63/100
6% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
5% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
5
97% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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