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Great Barrington CDP, MA vs Sarasota, FL

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#243 2005 Best Places to Live

#88 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

In the 25 years I've lived here, the area has been invaded by second homeowners. On the upside, the Berkshires now caters year-round to more sophisticated  More

we are new to the area and are looking for dog parks so our pups can meet  More

I moved from Long Island, NY to Great Barrington, MA over 25 years ago. In the early 80s, when it was impossible for most first-time homebuyers to purchase a home in  More

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

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

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