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Sarasota, FL cityscape

next stop after santa rosa

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

$1,251

less monthly outlay than Santa Rosa

Sarasota runs on a fraction of Santa Rosa's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
landable, recorded on the sarasota entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,121/mo

18% cheaper than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$775/mo less in state tax than Santa Rosa

vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$1,251 more than Santa Rosa

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

04a house here

$423k

48% cheaper than Santa Rosa

vs $817k in Santa Rosa

05metro size

262k

vs 482k in Santa Rosa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Santa Rosa gets 254 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

200% more happening than in Santa Rosa.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

14% lower than Santa Rosa

vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa

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

·walk score®

96/100

2% lower than Santa Rosa

vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

50% more than Santa Rosa

vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa

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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