same $100k income, fresh start from Sarasota
changea dispatch from
huntsville
AL
34.73°N
86.59°W
Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.
the verdict
cheaper each month than Sarasota
Not a fortune, but real money. Huntsville runs cheaper than Sarasota month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
35% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
5%
$417/mo more in state tax than Sarasota
vs 0% in Sarasota
$6,543/mo
$331 more than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
25% cheaper than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
527k
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Sarasota gets 249 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
10.7× the events of Sarasota, and the calendar shows it.
58/100
2% lower than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
27% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
9
50% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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