2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Sarasota, FL vs Jackson, TN

#88 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#4 Most Affordable Colleges

#58 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#98 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#294 Best Green Cities

#304 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

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

Let me tell you. Jackson Tennessee has become a literal hell hole. This is where America sends it's dreams to die. The city is riddled with crime and it's a small city  More

We moved to Jackson in 2015 and have enjoyed getting to know this great community. We are pleased with the hospitality of the residents here. We have 4 Colleges and  More

West TN is hot and humid during the months of May, June, July, August, and  More