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Sarasota, FL cityscape

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Sarasota

fl · metro 262k

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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

$505

more each month than Ocala ran you

You'd pay for Sarasota. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the sarasota entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

31% more expensive than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Ocala

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$505 less than Ocala

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

04a house here

$423k

53% more expensive than Ocala

vs $277k in Ocala

05metro size

262k

vs 410k in Ocala

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Ocala keeps to 208 pleasant days a year.

3.0× the events of Ocala, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

5% lower than Ocala

vs 62/100 in Ocala

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

·walk score®

96/100

52% higher than Ocala

vs 63/100 in Ocala

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

20% more than Ocala

vs 5 nonstops in Ocala

04 · see also

neighbors of sarasota on the map of tradeoffs:

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:

Myrtle BeachWilmingtonPensacola