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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

$318

more expensive each month than Greensboro

Sarasota runs a little pricier than Greensboro. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the sarasota entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

49% more expensive than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$375/mo less in state tax than Greensboro

vs 4.5% in Greensboro

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$318 less than Greensboro

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

04a house here

$423k

57% more expensive than Greensboro

vs $269k in Greensboro

05metro size

262k

vs 790k in Greensboro

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Greensboro barely cracks 189 pleasant ones.

Lighter on events: Greensboro packs 16.3× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

9% higher than Greensboro

vs 54/100 in Greensboro

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

·walk score®

96/100

9% higher than Greensboro

vs 88/100 in Greensboro

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

57% fewer than Greensboro

vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as sarasota:

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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