$100k salary, packing up from San Diego
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
below San Diego's monthly cost
Move to Gainesville and the monthly math gets easier. San Diego's rent is the headline; Gainesville's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
43% cheaper than San Diego(vs $2,890/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than San Diego
vs 9.3% in San Diego
$6,688/mo
$2,020 more than San Diego
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
69% cheaper than San Diego
vs $1010k in San Diego
350k
vs 3.3M in San Diego
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
San Diego has the edge here, logging 332 pleasant days a year.
98% fewer events than San Diego. The pace eases up.
63/100
16% lower than San Diego
vs 75/100 in San Diego
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than San Diego
vs 99/100 in San Diego
5
91% fewer than San Diego
vs 55 nonstops in San Diego
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