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Sarasota, FL vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 3.4% less unemployment than Sarasota.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Sarasota, FLBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%  Unlock6.3%
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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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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