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Sarasota, FL vs Florence, AL

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Is it cheaper to live in Florence or is it cheaper to live in Sarasota?
- Florence is 22.0% less expensive than Sarasota.

Which city has more affordable housing, Florence or Sarasota?
- Florence housing costs are 58.1% less expensive than Sarasota housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Sarasota or is Health Care more affordable in Florence.
- Health related expenses are 15.8% more in Florence.
 Sarasota, FLFlorence, ALUnited States
 Overall  Unlock82.1100
 Food & Groceries106.5  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock117.8100
 Housing114.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$173,700$338,100
 Utilities94  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock77.4100
 Miscellaneous106.6  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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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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Reviews for Florence    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I am a 41 yr old female in search of a new life. I am not running I amj ust trying to find myself some happiness and I would like to know what I can rent there to make  More

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Over 15 years ago

A few years ago, while i was still living in Florence, the local newspaper did an article abt why the young educated people were leaving Florence. In my early 20's as i  More

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Over 16 years ago

we will relocate to Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Sheffield area.We would like a nice town to live in, where our two kids can grow up and would not cost us a  More

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