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Santa Maria, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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- People living in Sarasota are 4.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Santa Maria
 Santa Maria, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock43.9%49.4%
 Baptist1.4%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.6%0.6%
 Catholic35.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.4%2.1%
 Lutheran1.0%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.9%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.9%1.7%
 Other Christian1.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock1.5%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.2%0.9%
Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  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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