$100k salary, packing up from Minneapolis
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
under Minneapolis, every month
The gap is real. Gainesville costs noticeably less than Minneapolis, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
2% cheaper than Minneapolis(vs $1,679/mo)
0%
$654/mo less in state tax than Minneapolis
vs 7.85% in Minneapolis
$6,688/mo
$688 more than Minneapolis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
21% cheaper than Minneapolis
vs $398k in Minneapolis
350k
vs 3.7M in Minneapolis
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Minneapolis barely cracks 147 pleasant ones.
98% fewer events than Minneapolis. The pace eases up.
63/100
17% lower than Minneapolis
vs 76/100 in Minneapolis
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than Minneapolis
vs 93/100 in Minneapolis
5
96% fewer than Minneapolis
vs 130 nonstops in Minneapolis
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