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Arcadia, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 0.2% less unemployment than Arcadia.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Arcadia, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth19.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Arcadia    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Arcadia, is one of Florida's hidden little gems. It has a lot of southern charm, amiable residents, and beautiful homes and ranches. There are many fruit and vegetables  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have a house in the Lake Suzy area of Arcadia.The weather is great.The thing I like most about this area is the diversity.From my house I can drive 10 minutes north  More

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My husband and I plant to retire in Tampa, Florida in two years. I have do some research and found out about some of the natural disaster in LTampa, Florida, such as  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

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  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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