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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

$481

pricier each month than Springfield

Sarasota runs a little pricier than Springfield. 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

70% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$392/mo less in state tax than Springfield

vs 4.7% in Springfield

03after rent

$6,212/mo

$481 less than Springfield

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

04a house here

$423k

58% more expensive than Springfield

vs $268k in Springfield

05metro size

262k

vs 491k in Springfield

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

249

pleasant days a year, in sarasota.

Springfield barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.

But the calendar thins out: Springfield stays 5.3× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

59/100

18% higher than Springfield

vs 50/100 in Springfield

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

·walk score®

96/100

8% higher than Springfield

vs 89/100 in Springfield

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

6

33% fewer than Springfield

vs 9 nonstops in Springfield

04 · see also

neighbors of sarasota on the map of tradeoffs:

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