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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
lighter monthly cost than Seattle
Not a fortune, but real money. Gainesville runs cheaper than Seattle month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
25% cheaper than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Seattle
$6,688/mo
$548 more than Seattle
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
60% cheaper than Seattle
vs $791k in Seattle
350k
vs 4.0M in Seattle
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Seattle barely cracks 182 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Seattle packs 84.7× more into a month.
63/100
32% lower than Seattle
vs 93/100 in Seattle
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
7% lower than Seattle
vs 98/100 in Seattle
5
94% fewer than Seattle
vs 90 nonstops in Seattle
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