If I move to Florida would Sarasota be a good/safe place to go?

Sarasota is one of my favorite places. It is a wonderful city. The beaches around there are wonderful.

Jobs are hard to come by.

I agree with @Marina. Frankly, if I were going to live in Florida Sarasota or Jacksonville are the only two places i would consider and Sarasota has great beaches. As for safety, I have no idea.

yep, sarasota is much safer then jacksonville. both have nice beaches though.

Watch out for all the old people. They’ll get ya.

Haha I’m not too concerned about the old people. It does look like a beautiful city…as far as jobs go I have a phone interview tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thank you for all your responses :) I feel more secure about my decision!

Sarasota is a wonderful place and I would think it would be grand to live there. I prefer the Tampa/St.Pete area just because I like a bit bigger city. That said, Sarasota is less than an hour from Tampa so you can have some of the benefits of a bigger city just a short distance away. Plus, if you are a baseball fan, spring training places are all over in that area and you will meet and see a ton of ball players and coaches all over town.