$100k a year, no longer in York
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
more expensive each month than York
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
21% more expensive than York(vs $1,361/mo)
0%
$256/mo less in state tax than York
vs 3.07% in York
$6,688/mo
$29 less than York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
2% more expensive than York
vs $310k in York
350k
vs 465k in York
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
York barely cracks 159 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 3.0× York's pace.
63/100
2% lower than York
vs 64/100 in York
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
2% lower than York
vs 93/100 in York
5
58% fewer than York
vs 12 nonstops in York
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