on $100k a year, leaving Sarasota
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 Sarasota, every month
Gainesville gives you room Sarasota doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
22% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Sarasota
$6,688/mo
$476 more than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
25% cheaper than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
350k
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Sarasota gets 249 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Things to do run about even with Sarasota.
63/100
7% higher than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
5% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
5
17% fewer than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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