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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

$250

less monthly outlay than Salem

Sarasota is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the sarasota entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

29% more expensive than Salem(vs $1,642/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$729/mo less in state tax than Salem

vs 8.75% in Salem

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$250 more than Salem

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

04a house here

$423k

7% cheaper than Salem

vs $452k in Salem

05metro size

262k

vs 437k in Salem

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Salem barely cracks 201 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 3.0× the events of Salem.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

14% lower than Salem

vs 69/100 in Salem

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

·walk score®

96/100

9% higher than Salem

vs 88/100 in Salem

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

0% fewer than Salem

vs 0 nonstops in Salem

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:

Myrtle BeachWilmingtonPensacola