same $100k income, fresh start from Melbourne
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.
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the verdict
under Melbourne, every month
Not a fortune, but real money. Gainesville runs cheaper than Melbourne month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
13% cheaper than Melbourne(vs $1,895/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Melbourne
$6,688/mo
$250 more than Melbourne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
10% cheaper than Melbourne
vs $351k in Melbourne
350k
vs 644k in Melbourne
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Melbourne has the edge here, logging 254 pleasant days a year.
63/100
15% higher than Melbourne
vs 55/100 in Melbourne
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
8% higher than Melbourne
vs 84/100 in Melbourne
5
150% more than Melbourne
vs 2 nonstops in Melbourne
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