Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
The population of Gainesville in the 2013 US Census estimates was 127,488, a 2.4% growth from 2010. Gainesville is the largest city in the region of North Central Florida. It is also a component of the Gainesville-Lake City Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2013 population of 337,925.
Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the nation's fifth-largest university campus by enrollment, as well as to Santa Fe College. The Gainesville MSA was ranked as the No. 1 place to live in North America in the 2007 edition of Cities Ranked and Rated. Also in 2007, Gainesville was ranked as one of the "best places to live and play" in the United States by National Geographic Adventure.
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Transportation , housing arrangement!
Everything.
It's Quite Friendly neighbor's it's Clean
Gainesville Fl is a very safe place to stay , during hard times like currently are city haven't started any riots or anything . It's always been a safe slow town to stay ! Education is very easy to get here especially since this is a school city
Gainesville is age friendly for me, because mostly everyone I work with or come in contact with is my age or a little older.