2025 Compare Cities Health:
Lakewood, WA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- There are 272 physicians per 100,000 people in Sarasota.
- There are 199 physicians per 100,000 people in Lakewood.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Lakewood, WASarasota, FLUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock63.158.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.199  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock98100
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Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 16 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  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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