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Minneapolis

mn · metro 3.7M

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a dispatch from

minneapolis

MN

44.98°N

93.27°W

Minneapolis is 22 lakes inside city limits, an extensive skyway system that lets you cross downtown in February without a coat, and a music legacy that runs from Prince to The Replacements. Summer is a glorious lake-jumping, ice-cream-licking festival. Winter is sauna-and-skate season, with rinks on every lake and cross-country trails stitched through the city. Walleye is on every menu.

metro3.7M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$212

more each month than Sarasota ran you

Minneapolis costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
landable, recorded on the minneapolis entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,679/mo

21% cheaper than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)

02state income tax

7.85%

$654/mo more in state tax than Sarasota

vs 0% in Sarasota

03after rent

$6,000/mo

$212 less than Sarasota

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$398k

6% cheaper than Sarasota

vs $423k in Sarasota

05metro size

3.7M

vs 262k in Sarasota

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

147

pleasant days a year, in minneapolis.

Sarasota has the edge here, logging 249 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 84 days below 20°, vs 0 in Sarasota.

5133% more happening than in Sarasota.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

76/100

29% higher than Sarasota

vs 59/100 in Sarasota

Closest outdoor draw: Fort Snelling State Park, 9.1 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

3% lower than Sarasota

vs 96/100 in Sarasota

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

130

2067% more than Sarasota

vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota

04 · see also

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