$100k salary, packing up from Santa Maria
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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under Santa Maria, every month
Sarasota runs on a fraction of Santa Maria's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
a quick ledger.
$2,121/mo
37% cheaper than Santa Maria(vs $3,352/mo)
0%
$775/mo less in state tax than Santa Maria
vs 9.3% in Santa Maria
$6,212/mo
$2,006 more than Santa Maria
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$423k
60% cheaper than Santa Maria
vs $1059k in Santa Maria
262k
vs 441k in Santa Maria
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in sarasota.
Santa Maria has the edge here, logging 337 pleasant days a year.
59/100
0% lower than Santa Maria
vs 59/100 in Santa Maria
Closest outdoor draw: Myakka River State Park, 15.9 mi.
96/100
10% higher than Santa Maria
vs 87/100 in Santa Maria
6
200% more than Santa Maria
vs 2 nonstops in Santa Maria
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