with $100k coming in, swapping out of Provo
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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.
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the verdict
cheaper each month than Provo
You'd feel the difference in Gainesville. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Provo.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
6% cheaper than Provo(vs $1,743/mo)
0%
$387/mo less in state tax than Provo
vs 4.65% in Provo
$6,688/mo
$485 more than Provo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
43% cheaper than Provo
vs $559k in Provo
350k
vs 733k in Provo
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Provo keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.
3.0× the events of Provo, and the calendar shows it.
63/100
22% lower than Provo
vs 81/100 in Provo
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
2% higher than Provo
vs 89/100 in Provo
5
95% fewer than Provo
vs 91 nonstops in Provo
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