on $100k a year, leaving Montgomery
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 Montgomery, every month
On paper, Gainesville and Montgomery are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
20% more expensive than Montgomery(vs $1,376/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Montgomery
vs 5% in Montgomery
$6,688/mo
$147 more than Montgomery
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
50% more expensive than Montgomery
vs $212k in Montgomery
350k
vs 385k in Montgomery
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Montgomery only logs 181 pleasant days.
91% fewer events than Montgomery. The pace eases up.
63/100
43% higher than Montgomery
vs 44/100 in Montgomery
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
49% higher than Montgomery
vs 61/100 in Montgomery
5
67% more than Montgomery
vs 3 nonstops in Montgomery
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