$100k salary, packing up from Winston-Salem
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
less monthly outlay than Winston-Salem
The gap is real. Gainesville costs noticeably less than Winston-Salem, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
9% more expensive than Winston-Salem(vs $1,508/mo)
0%
$375/mo less in state tax than Winston-Salem
vs 4.5% in Winston-Salem
$6,688/mo
$238 more than Winston-Salem
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
12% more expensive than Winston-Salem
vs $283k in Winston-Salem
350k
vs 696k in Winston-Salem
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Winston-Salem barely cracks 186 pleasant ones.
63/100
17% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 54/100 in Winston-Salem
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
28% higher than Winston-Salem
vs 71/100 in Winston-Salem
5
0% fewer than Winston-Salem
vs 0 nonstops in Winston-Salem
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