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Sarasota, FL vs Westlake Village, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Westlake Village has been positive.
- Westlake Village has 6.3% less unemployment than Sarasota.
- Westlake Village job growth has increased by 0.6% in the past 10 years.
 Sarasota, FLWestlake Village, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock10.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-7.5%-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 Westlake Village    6 Reviews

Been here since 2014 in a gated community. Moved from West Hollywood in LA, which is obviously very different. I'll say this - it's very White, very safe, and, if you're  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Westlake Village for almost 19 years and I cannot bare to leave. Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery. Not alot of great theater but if you are not to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Too hot in the summer. Has desert climate in summer, often days  More

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