$100k a year, no longer in Mobile
changea 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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more each month than Mobile ran you
Sarasota costs more than Mobile, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$2,121/mo
63% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$6,212/mo
$403 less than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$423k
118% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
262k
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in sarasota.
Mobile only logs 225 pleasant days.
Noticeably quieter than Mobile. About 88% fewer events on a typical month.
59/100
0% lower than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Myakka River State Park, 15.9 mi.
96/100
39% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
6
20% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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