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Sarasota, FL vs Bethesda, MD

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- People living in Bethesda are 3.3% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLBethesda, MDUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.6%49.4%
 Baptist4.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.4%0.6%
 Catholic20.4%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.3%2.1%
 Lutheran1.1%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.7%1.9%
 Methodist3.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.6%1.7%
 Other Christian6.0%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock3.2%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.3%0.9%
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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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