with $100k coming in, swapping out of Sarasota

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

next stop after sarasota

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$426

the monthly premium over Sarasota

You'd pay for New Haven. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

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

02state income tax

5.5%

$458/mo more in state tax than Sarasota

vs 0% in Sarasota

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$426 less than Sarasota

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

04a house here

$424k

0% more expensive than Sarasota

vs $423k in Sarasota

05metro size

568k

vs 262k in Sarasota

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Sarasota has the edge here, logging 249 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 40 days below 20°, vs 0 in Sarasota.

A month here packs 6.0× the events of Sarasota.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

14% higher than Sarasota

vs 59/100 in Sarasota

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

0% lower than Sarasota

vs 96/100 in Sarasota

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

83% fewer than Sarasota

vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota

04 · see also

cities that play in new haven's register: