Alachua
A small town fifteen miles north of Gainesville on US-441, with a Main Street that looks like a movie set for Main Streets and a Progress Park industrial corridor that quietly employs half the county. Conestogas is the date venue everyone names, the San Felasco trails are the second date, and Mi Apa Latin Cafe handles breakfast the morning after. The dating pool is small, churched, and largely paired off by thirty, which makes Alachua either a graceful exit from Gainesville student churn or a place where the same four single people rotate through Hinge and Bumble forever.
Alachua by the numbers
Alachua runs female-leaning, about 44% men to 56% women.
Median individual income in Alachua is about $47,500.
Florida registers voters by party, and Alachua County is about 44% Democratic to 29% Republican, with a 23% No Party Affiliation bloc - the most Democratic county in North Florida.
The median renter in Alachua pays about $1,270 a month.
About 2,000 Alachua residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Conestogas Restaurant
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Ellianos Coffee
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Cilantro Tacos (Alachua)
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Doxa Coffee Co.
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Alachua Sports Pub
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Teatime Tranquility & Treasures
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Creeks 19th
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Daft Cow Brewery
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The Kookaburra Alachua
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Southern Taste
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Harvest Thyme Alachua
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G's Billiards Bar