$100k a year, no longer in Sarasota
changea dispatch from
san jose
CA
37.34°N
121.89°W
San Jose is Silicon Valley's anchor city, much bigger than San Francisco by population, and culturally underrated because everyone drives through it on the way somewhere else. The Vietnamese food scene (especially in Little Saigon) is one of the best in the country. The weather is impossibly mild, the Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, and the tech money funds a genuinely excellent restaurant scene.
the verdict
more each month than Sarasota ran you
San Jose costs noticeably more than Sarasota. You'd be paying for San Jose itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
64% more expensive than Sarasota(vs $2,121/mo)
9.3%
$775/mo more in state tax than Sarasota
vs 0% in Sarasota
$4,088/mo
$2,124 less than Sarasota
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
325% more expensive than Sarasota
vs $423k in Sarasota
1.9M
vs 262k in Sarasota
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Sarasota keeps to 249 pleasant days a year.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 20.7× more on the calendar than Sarasota.
70/100
19% higher than Sarasota
vs 59/100 in Sarasota
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% lower than Sarasota
vs 96/100 in Sarasota
29
383% more than Sarasota
vs 6 nonstops in Sarasota
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