$100k salary, packing up from Toledo
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
the monthly premium over Toledo
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Gainesville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
37% more expensive than Toledo(vs $1,197/mo)
0%
$332/mo less in state tax than Toledo
vs 3.99% in Toledo
$6,688/mo
$116 less than Toledo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
61% more expensive than Toledo
vs $196k in Toledo
350k
vs 600k in Toledo
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Toledo barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.
Lighter on events: Toledo packs 8.3× more into a month.
63/100
15% higher than Toledo
vs 55/100 in Toledo
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
60% higher than Toledo
vs 57/100 in Toledo
5
25% more than Toledo
vs 4 nonstops in Toledo
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