Review of Sarasota, Florida

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Becoming your basic over crowded tourist trap

- 3/24/2023
Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach town are devastated by the almost instantaneous change since the pandemic to what is becoming a rundown tourist trap. Easy not to see the negatives while on vacation or living the transient lifestyle of a remote worker who can just insert yourself into any town you want at will. So many “move” here and yet they don’t even bother registering their cars. School carlines are full of out of state plates of parents who have enrolled their kids in our schools yet have no intention of calling Sarasota “home” - that’s reserved for whatever state they can’t stand enough they leave it most of the year. It’s disheartening to see the decline of a once nice town.
Jane | Sarasota, FL