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Sarasota, FL cityscape

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Sarasota

fl · metro 262k

photo: Jeffrey Eisen / pexels

a dispatch from

sarasota

FL

27.34°N

82.54°W

Sarasota is the home of the Ringling Brothers Circus (the museum is wild, and yes, there's a vintage clown college history), and Siesta Key's beach is regularly named the best in America for its pure quartz sand. The cultural scene is heavy for a Florida city of its size (theater, opera, art museum). Gulf sunsets here are the brochure shot. The food scene has caught up to the city's wealth and the retirees' time.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$337

more expensive each month than Daytona Beach

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

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

19% more expensive than Daytona Beach(vs $1,784/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Daytona Beach

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$337 less than Daytona Beach

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

04a house here

$423k

28% more expensive than Daytona Beach

vs $331k in Daytona Beach

05metro size

262k

vs 722k in Daytona Beach

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Daytona Beach only manages 212 of those.

But the calendar thins out: Daytona Beach stays 4.7× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

6% lower than Daytona Beach

vs 63/100 in Daytona Beach

Closest outdoor draw: Myakka River State Park, 15.9 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

23% higher than Daytona Beach

vs 78/100 in Daytona Beach

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

200% more than Daytona Beach

vs 2 nonstops in Daytona Beach

04 · see also

cities that play in sarasota's register:

see also

myrtle beach

more flight options

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see also

wilmington

$71/mo cheaper

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see also

pensacola

$369/mo cheaper

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compare sarasota with:

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