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Sarasota

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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

$388

more expensive each month than Reading

Sarasota runs a little pricier than Reading. 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

44% more expensive than Reading(vs $1,478/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$256/mo less in state tax than Reading

vs 3.07% in Reading

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$388 less than Reading

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

04a house here

$423k

36% more expensive than Reading

vs $311k in Reading

05metro size

262k

vs 433k in Reading

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Reading barely cracks 157 pleasant ones.

Reading hosts 9.7× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

9% lower than Reading

vs 65/100 in Reading

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

·walk score®

96/100

13% higher than Reading

vs 85/100 in Reading

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

0% fewer than Reading

vs 0 nonstops in Reading

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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