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Gainesville Florida
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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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I've lived here for 41 years!! There's a lot of different activities such as Hiking, Fishing, Theater, a Nature Preserve all with in a 10-15 minute drive!

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I have experience with providing care to aging parents and several friends. I'm patient, kind, flexible and mature. I have a big heart and I care about people and want to see that they are taken care of.

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It's okay as long as you have transportation because no buses come. No apartment rentals only houses to possibly rent or buy.

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This is a college town and being an older person, I feel job discrimination is prevalent.

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