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Conroe, TX vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 2.9% more unemployment than Conroe.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Conroe, TXSarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth72.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth51.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Conroe    9 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Living in Conroe and driving to Houston for work is a death-defying feat. My steering wheel in my Honda still has grip marks from the sheer stress of the traffic  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have a very high quality of life here. We have lots of trees and privacy yet all the conveniences of The Woodlands only 5 minutes  More

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Over 17 years ago

Love it! Stay a  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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