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Highlands, NC vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota has 30.8% less rainy days than Highlands.
- Sarasota has 19.0% more Sunny Days than Highlands.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Sarasota scores 4.2% worse than Highlands
 Highlands, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5638
 Snowfall11  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9186
 Avg. Jan. Low25  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index4.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock202443
Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  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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