$100k salary, packing up from Santa Maria
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 Santa Maria, every month
Gainesville sits well below Santa Maria on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
51% cheaper than Santa Maria(vs $3,352/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Santa Maria
vs 9.3% in Santa Maria
$6,688/mo
$2,482 more than Santa Maria
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
70% cheaper than Santa Maria
vs $1059k in Santa Maria
350k
vs 441k in Santa Maria
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Santa Maria edges ahead with 337 pleasant days.
63/100
7% higher than Santa Maria
vs 59/100 in Santa Maria
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
5% higher than Santa Maria
vs 87/100 in Santa Maria
5
150% more than Santa Maria
vs 2 nonstops in Santa Maria
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