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Sarasota, FL vs Oakland, CA

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- People living in Oakland are 9.4% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLOakland, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock34.5%49.4%
 Baptist4.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic20.4%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.7%2.1%
 Lutheran1.1%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist3.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.8%1.7%
 Other Christian6.0%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.6%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.0%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 Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 5 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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