$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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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.
in our guides
the verdict
below St. Louis's monthly cost
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Gainesville is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
17% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
0%
$392/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,688/mo
$157 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
14% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
350k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
St. Louis only logs 174 pleasant days.
Noticeably quieter than St. Louis. About 96% fewer events on a typical month.
63/100
7% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
5% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
5
92% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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