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Fountain Valley, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 1.6% more unemployment than Fountain Valley.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Fountain Valley, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Fountain Valley    3 Reviews

We are just average home gardeners and having lived in Fountain Valley for over 40 years, my wife and I have found the climate excellent for growing nearly ever kind of  More

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Over 18 years ago

fountain valley is nice but very expensive. Average home price will run you around $700,000.Beaches are close by. People are okay but no sense of community or sense of  More

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The weather is very moderate year-around. Warm summers, comfortable spring-time, cool  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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