same $100k income, fresh start from Ogden
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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
cheaper each month than Ogden
Not a fortune, but real money. Gainesville runs cheaper than Ogden month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
0% more expensive than Ogden(vs $1,641/mo)
0%
$387/mo less in state tax than Ogden
vs 4.65% in Ogden
$6,688/mo
$383 more than Ogden
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
40% cheaper than Ogden
vs $524k in Ogden
350k
vs 658k in Ogden
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Ogden barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 1.5× Ogden's pace.
63/100
21% lower than Ogden
vs 80/100 in Ogden
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
8% higher than Ogden
vs 84/100 in Ogden
5
94% fewer than Ogden
vs 90 nonstops in Ogden
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