$100k salary, packing up from Gainesville
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toledo
OH
41.66°N
83.56°W
Toledo is the Glass City, with a long history of glassmaking (Owens-Illinois, Libbey, Pilkington), and the Toledo Museum of Art's glass pavilion is genuinely world-class and free. The Mud Hens (yes, Klinger's team) play minor league ball downtown. Sitting between Detroit and Cleveland on Lake Erie, Toledo has serious walleye fishing and a real lake-town pace. Cheaper than its bigger neighbors.
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below Gainesville's monthly cost
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Toledo is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,197/mo
27% cheaper than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
3.99%
$333/mo more in state tax than Gainesville
vs 0% in Gainesville
$6,804/mo
$116 more than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$196k
38% cheaper than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
600k
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in toledo.
Gainesville gets 206 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 38 days under 20°, vs 0 in Gainesville.
8.3× the events of Gainesville, and the calendar shows it.
55/100
13% lower than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: Maumee Bay State Park, 10 mi.
57/100
37% lower than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
4
20% fewer than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
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