same $100k income, fresh start from Lubbock
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
pricier each month than Lubbock
Gainesville runs a little pricier than Lubbock. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
19% more expensive than Lubbock(vs $1,384/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Lubbock
$6,688/mo
$261 less than Lubbock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
50% more expensive than Lubbock
vs $211k in Lubbock
350k
vs 360k in Lubbock
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Lubbock barely cracks 186 pleasant ones.
But the calendar thins out: Lubbock stays 2.7× busier.
63/100
1160% higher than Lubbock
vs 5/100 in Lubbock
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
32% higher than Lubbock
vs 69/100 in Lubbock
5
29% fewer than Lubbock
vs 7 nonstops in Lubbock
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