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Sarasota, FL vs Highlands, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Highlands has been positive.
- Highlands has 0.4% more unemployment than Sarasota.
- Highlands job growth has increased by 4.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Sarasota, FLHighlands, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.6%4.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.6%30.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.0%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.3%1.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%4.9%6.3%

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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 Highlands    3 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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A beautiful mountain resort area with cool summers, Highlands has become the mecca for Southern High Roller to "summer". Restaurants, country clubs, elite shops, and  More

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ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236
ZIPS IN HIGHLANDS, NORTH CAROLINA
28741

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