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Sarasota, FL vs Jersey City, NJ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Jersey City has been positive.
- Jersey City has 3.7% less unemployment than Sarasota.
- Jersey City job growth has increased by 0.6% in the past 10 years.
 Sarasota, FLJersey City, NJUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.7%-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 Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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