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Rankings for Pasadena

Pasadena Ranked
#2 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Pasadena Ranked
#2 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat
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Pasadena Ranked
#43 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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Pasadena Ranked
#47 Gloomiest Places in America
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Pasadena Ranked
#50 America's Top Hygge Cities
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Rankings for Sarasota

Sarasota Ranked
#88 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Reviews for Pasadena    19 Reviews

Pasadena is a little slice of the world in the foothills above the San Gabriel Valley. It has everything you could want. Check out my video on the cost of living in  More

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Over 10 years ago

The weather in Pasadena, CA is rather pleasant. It does not get cold here, it used to be around the first two weeks of December it could go down to 32-28 F, only a few  More

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Over 11 years ago

Great place to live for all ages and enjoy mostly sunny  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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