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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

$1,800

under San Francisco, every month

In Sarasota, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
landable, recorded on the sarasota entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

33% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$775/mo less in state tax than San Francisco

vs 9.3% in San Francisco

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$1,800 more than San Francisco

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

04a house here

$423k

66% cheaper than San Francisco

vs $1239k in San Francisco

05metro size

262k

vs 4.6M in San Francisco

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

San Francisco edges ahead with 312 pleasant days.

Lighter on events: San Francisco packs 86.0× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

29% lower than San Francisco

vs 83/100 in San Francisco

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

·walk score®

96/100

3% lower than San Francisco

vs 99/100 in San Francisco

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

95% fewer than San Francisco

vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco

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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