Why EVERYONE is Moving To Sarasota, Florida

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024

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  • @ChrisHarden
    @ChrisHarden  Год назад +3

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  • @Photoboy1948
    @Photoboy1948 Год назад +29

    Crime and poverty in Sarasota is centered around the very northern edge of town, a long way from the downtown area so overall the majority of the town is very, very safe.

    • @10forthebigguy753
      @10forthebigguy753 Год назад +2

      ML K Way area

    • @Photoboy1948
      @Photoboy1948 Год назад +4

      @@10forthebigguy753 Sadly that’s the case. Runs from there to the southern edge of Bradenton.

    • @Bobby-od2yf
      @Bobby-od2yf Год назад

      Downtown Sarasota use to be really bad back in day

    • @SaysWho1013
      @SaysWho1013 4 месяца назад

      By 10th St. is where the Salvation Army is and there’s a lot of homeless down there they hang out outside of it 24 seven camped out

  • @Ruffi0
    @Ruffi0 Год назад +5

    My grandparents live near there for years. It just keeps growing.

  • @xlvba
    @xlvba 6 месяцев назад +4

    Sarasota is nice. I was there today, and it was expensive.

  • @craignovy2090
    @craignovy2090 3 месяца назад +1

    A real professional job that never becomes stuffy or boring. Incredible historical narration with video done like a native which he is not. The drone work at the end is the icing on the cake. I have never seen something as complete or unique as his livability score. It is appropriately geared to someone who is thinking of living there rather than just being a fun place. He is performing a great public service for any age group from young people who are devolping their career to retirees who have to balance resources with aspirations. So a disclaimer for me. I am a much much older midwesterner who likes my midwestern state but likes to get a bit more sun and warmth in the depths of winter too...guilty as charged!

  • @stevewalther2293
    @stevewalther2293 Год назад +14

    It's really just a crowded nursing home for wealthy married retired couples...

    • @HulaShack1
      @HulaShack1 10 месяцев назад +4

      Exactly. it is not a place where younger people want to live. It is very outdated.

  • @Prof.MatheusMello
    @Prof.MatheusMello 11 месяцев назад +5

    Greetings from Brazil, I dream of visiting Sarasota, it really is an incredible place.

    • @SaysWho1013
      @SaysWho1013 2 месяца назад

      It’s a cesspool an expensive cesspool
      I live in Sarasota

  • @frankwoods4532
    @frankwoods4532 Год назад +2

    Thanks for this great ride along.😀😃😄😄

  • @302Mustang13
    @302Mustang13 Год назад +3

    Video footage of the downtown buildings from the causeway was great. Nice little skyline. Downtown looks too cramped to me and sad that buying a place is so expensive.

  • @jennascott6309
    @jennascott6309 8 месяцев назад +2

    Trying to decide between Sarasota and Charlotte. Great video

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  8 месяцев назад

      Haven’t been to Port Charlotte so I can’t really say. I like the Sarasota area though

    • @jennascott6309
      @jennascott6309 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@ChrisHarden No. Charlotte, North Carolina...not Port Charlotte, FL

    • @stratcat4450
      @stratcat4450 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jennascott6309sadly all of Florida is becoming very un affordable. I have lived here for 30 years an every year it becomes harder to get by here. If you have lots of money then no problem! If your not so well off some other southern state would be my choice now.if you want to rent its gonna cost you. If you want to buy a home its really gonna cost you now. 10 years ago my home might have been worth 40k. This year the taxable value was just under 200k. Everything here is crazy now.

  • @Marbella-Dave
    @Marbella-Dave 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video and thank you Chris 😁

  • @xevious2501
    @xevious2501 Месяц назад

    I moved to Sarasota back in the early 90's as a college student. I needed the polar opposite of New Yorks hustle and grinde and my old professor informed me of his colleague heading up an animation department in a small private art school with great credentials. The brochure of the place showcasing the beach of siesta key said it all. I had many dreams and premonitions about the place, seemingly flying into this beautiful crescent shaped city. So many things that would indeed come to pass. That school would be the Ringling school of art and design. Now renamed Ringling College of Art and Design. And both the school and the city of Sarasota would be astounding. Back in the 90's the place was well off the nations radar. While most people routinely bashed and criticized Florida, such people were clearly clueless to the reality of what existed along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Known for retirees and the War generations, it was true that much of the old were living out their last, having made the place both beautiful and ironically affordable in most cases. You would not believe what you could buy into at that period in time. Think Santa Barbara for pennies on the dollar. Much of the older descendants were looking to leave the place for the big cities. As nice as Sarasota was it still was a sleepy town with little industry and job opportunities outside of medical. Eventually I lived on siesta key beach. Just a slip and a hop from its parking lot. And most condos were either empty or owned as short term rentals for seasonal travelers. Again Sarasota was old money. But you could readily see the trickle before the coming flood. Little by little, individuals who wished to vacation off the beaten path would end up in Sarasota, a transformative experience to say the least. You knew this was THE place! The place to get in early before others found out. Let them bash Florida in their ignorance, while I sip Pina coladas with my toes dipped in cool powder white sand beaches with little crowds and the best sunsets in all of the US. I loved the place, but those were my college years. Then came life in California, Burbank. And though work was lucrative and fun. I wasn't so impressed with cali. This is what people were on about!?. Really!? I get the money but the quality of life¿? Meh... And not so long after I found myself back in Florida, but this time the Tampa area. Clearwater Saint Petersburg to be exact, and once again here was a town that was special. More of a bustling city but also very sleepy. Lower middle class but also flanked with the same demographics as Sarasota. The three cities all sleepy and yet all on the cusp of coming change. Thankfully I got to live work and vastly enjoy these places as well for years. And when it came time to leave so did the masses began making their move in. And for what was so nice and affordable began to change. The very peoples that long scoffed at Florida were now making a bee line for it. How ironic. The complainers have ruined their states, sold and priced it's own people out. And here they come. I returned to NY but not the greedy city of no.. I went north. 45 minutes up to Wappingers falls. And like a repeating tune so this area was unique nice affordable and lower income, and like all the places I lived and left, the writing was on the wall even there. Soon those peoples leaving the big city will become aware of these Hudson valley river side townships. And see their laten value. Cold Springs, Beacon, Peekskill. And only took but a few years for new money to find it's way in. And poof. Here comes the Starbucks crowd. Prices skyrocket and what was affordable now becomes some equity firms asset portfolio. The town is transformed, looks great but so many are pushed out. Then comes the greed. So, this time I get off the mainland all together, to a Caribbean paradise. And all those places I had lived are now the very places so sought after. Places that were so nice and yet so humble. Then the newcomers come along with the very ideals and practices that forced them out of their homes only to setup shop in a new place only to make things worse. You said you didn't need nor want Florida, so why do you need it now? I do miss the crescent city. The one that revealed itself to be true from my dreams as I made my way back from Saint Armond circle across the bridge revealing its splendor. But the greater lesson is that all things change in time, and if by changes you come across a good thing, take advantage of it while you can, as opportunities as such don't happen everyday.

  • @jannewlove725
    @jannewlove725 8 месяцев назад

    Grew up in Michigan. Followed my parents later to Gulf Coast Florida. Lived in Sarasota for 4 years. Great city. Lots of art, culture & creative people. It's been 30 years since I was there.. back in Michigan. I didn't recognize some views in beginning of video. I'm sure much has changed. Thanks for the tour!

  • @joannunemaker6332
    @joannunemaker6332 Год назад +2

    I enjoyed this video. The best part for me was the downtown area.😊❤

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Год назад +1

      Thanks! I agree downtown is really nice

  • @ameliarhodes5000
    @ameliarhodes5000 Год назад +4

    Sarasota is so tempting. In a few years, if I make it, I'll be on SSI with virtually no savings. So I have to look at the whole picture. Warm is nice. My legs are old, in bad shape, and the cold hurts. But I like to eat. A studio apartment is doable though a one bd rm is preferable. Lived in a studio in San Francisco 2005-10. Without huge student loans. a p/t job, and a food pantry it would have been impossible to live there. Even in 2010 the writing was on the wall and now you couldn't pay me to live there. Moving to a place knowing a food pantry is the only way to make it work? Not a good idea.
    College towns have been a good value but that's changing as the opportunity for over inflated development is replacing shabby chic. I do have my eye on a casino town along the gulf. But casinos attract a different element than college towns. Affordable is not a deal if it's in a ghetto or infested with people servicing the darker elements that casinos attract.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Год назад +1

      Bradenton to the north is more affordable. Areas further inland are also more affordable. Plenty of affordable options in Florida still that are away from the glitz and glamour cities right along the coast.

  • @saberstrike5632
    @saberstrike5632 Год назад +2

    I always like staying there when vacationing in Florida and hopefully when I retire that's one of the cities I would like to move to.

  • @chrisgaddy10
    @chrisgaddy10 8 месяцев назад +1

    I lived in Sarasota from 1999-2018. It was a great place to live!

  • @jimmylongmyonlinevideos6711
    @jimmylongmyonlinevideos6711 10 месяцев назад

    Hey Chris Jim here, thanks for another good video bro.

  • @siphomogale779
    @siphomogale779 Год назад +4

    Very beautiful place to live in

  • @shelbyz1974
    @shelbyz1974 Год назад +2

    Great video Chris! I recall my grandmother saying Sarasota was one of her favorite places to visit. Of course this was back in the late 70's, so who knows what it looked like back then. I loved how you added the funny commentary from residents. Keep up the good work!

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Год назад +1

      It's starting to be one of my favorite places! As long as it doesn't get too big. That's what Tampa/St. Pete and Miami are for.

  • @greggarbacz2566
    @greggarbacz2566 11 месяцев назад +1

    My 1st x-wife (no surprise there) lives there now. She moved there in1986 and it was much more affordable. She was able to buy a home there after selling her home in Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit). Her new hubby is a real estate agent and they have done well. I spoke to her recently and she told me that prices jumped so much in the past 35 years that they don't think they could get a smaller house and afford it. Regarding the age of the residents; this is why restaurants close early and there isn't much to do for young people after 8pm. This is true in most of Florida. Also true, the driving in Florida is expensive and thrilling. Due to the high cost of insurance on anything, there are many uninsured motorists here. Kinda encourages hit and run drivers. Living in Florida? I admit that I'm not crazy about living in Florida. Too expensive, too hot/humid in summer. Too much traffic, hurricanes, too many bad drivers and too many people that just want to stay in their homes and not do anything more than drive around a little. I like a lot of places more than here including Michigan, Indiana and South Dakota but at age 70, I'm not thinking about moving again. Come visit if you like, the winters are great! Make sure to buy the insurance on the rental car!

  • @wecandobetter9821
    @wecandobetter9821 4 месяца назад

    If you plan on opening a restaurant in this town you better bring your A game as there are sooooo many great places to eat. I think you could eat out at different restaurant 50 times and still get excellent meals. LOVE all the choices❤

  • @rubystanziale1817
    @rubystanziale1817 Год назад +3

    Adding a comment to help destroy the RUclips algorithm!

  • @dejanzivan
    @dejanzivan 6 месяцев назад

    Great stuff. Love the videos. Quick question, in the main video how did you add the gps info, temp and real time?

  • @10forthebigguy753
    @10forthebigguy753 Год назад +2

    Taxes on a cheap house are about $5000 a year. Nearby unincorporated’s about $1500.

  • @sweetcello3358
    @sweetcello3358 6 месяцев назад

    It’s a shame you didn’t film Ringling museum nor Bayfront park. Also stellar performing arts( ballet, symphony, opera, and theatre)!

  • @Moneypower572
    @Moneypower572 Год назад +2

    Sarasota is full with crime small areas compact with new areas just adding to the city but not putting new businesses to help the city. I prefer a city like Hallandale Beach Florida growing city new businesses and growing community and beautiful beaches.

  • @AlexanderWaylon
    @AlexanderWaylon Год назад +4

    Seems like a nice city.

  • @SC-gp7kt
    @SC-gp7kt 7 месяцев назад

    For those of us considering moving here, we need to see everything, as is....clouds, traffic, construction, whatever.

  • @craftsmanctfl3493
    @craftsmanctfl3493 11 месяцев назад +2

    The fact that Sarasota is growing quickly is one of the biggest reasons not to move there. Traffic will continue to get worse and infrastructure and schools will be challenged and suffer more than they are now. Public schools in Florida cannot be properly supported by the tax structure in the state.

    • @Priust189
      @Priust189 10 месяцев назад

      Where’s a better place

  • @ztradezoptionstrading1513
    @ztradezoptionstrading1513 9 месяцев назад

    LOLLLL I Like being that person that cloggs up traffic thats so funny I laughed so hard

  • @danielmoore1734
    @danielmoore1734 10 месяцев назад

    The sound sucks inside the purple cow. It's not a great performing arts center for the size of the city. It's impossible to update.

  • @ultanwoods
    @ultanwoods Год назад +1

    Good video

  • @Bobby-od2yf
    @Bobby-od2yf Год назад

    Born n raised here 1988 to 2008 moved then moved back twice left last year because rent is unreal there now grow up in north Sarasota north Euclid ave and 21st and all over i want move back but there need do sumthin bout cheap housing

  • @ike7539
    @ike7539 10 месяцев назад +1

    I only see older people sitting at restaurants. It looks like a semi boring retirement community. 2bedroom for $1700? Where I live is $3000 for 1 bedroom. (Bay Area - San Francisco)

  • @stevewalther2293
    @stevewalther2293 10 месяцев назад

    Sarasota is my favorite part of New Jersey...

  • @jKLa
    @jKLa Год назад +1

    If of limmited income and wealth one can also also live in fairly cheap but high crime and run down poor neighborhoods within Sarasota itself, -but to live in a halfway nicer area it might take going elsewhere..

  • @GREGHOLUB
    @GREGHOLUB 11 месяцев назад

    Need to update your video for employment Sarasota county employs over 2000+ people

  • @willbygosh4887
    @willbygosh4887 10 месяцев назад

    I think they restored the former Sarasota High School into a Community Arts Center.

  • @bryanssanchez2820
    @bryanssanchez2820 11 месяцев назад

    When can you do west Palm Beach Florida?

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  11 месяцев назад +1

      As of now I plan on it next time that I’m in Florida.

    • @craftsmanctfl3493
      @craftsmanctfl3493 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisHarden Be sure to visit Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. It has ties to Detroit through its founder Linton.

  • @FredMas-gt2uh
    @FredMas-gt2uh 10 месяцев назад +1

    They have a family public housing complex there. This is where most of the crime comes from

  • @davidmiller4807
    @davidmiller4807 11 месяцев назад +3

    Why dont you show all the homeless and bad traffic

    • @HulaShack1
      @HulaShack1 10 месяцев назад +1

      And the organized groups of people panhandling.

    • @SA-hz1rs
      @SA-hz1rs 6 месяцев назад

      Yea, show how bad it is

  • @F4URGranted
    @F4URGranted Год назад +5

    "just a bunch of old white people" lololol

  • @dragonslayer5838
    @dragonslayer5838 Месяц назад

    Still don't know why everybody and their momma wants to move here.

  • @vvdd903
    @vvdd903 6 месяцев назад

    so the reason everyone is moving to sarasota is what?

  • @purplesprigs
    @purplesprigs 10 месяцев назад +1

    By everyone, do you mean obscenely wealthy people? Yes? Okay, got it.

    • @SA-hz1rs
      @SA-hz1rs 8 месяцев назад

      lol, wealthy.

  • @caperucito5
    @caperucito5 Год назад

    19:30 man, but aren't you doing the same exact thing?

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Год назад

      Yup

    • @caperucito5
      @caperucito5 Год назад

      My livability score for NYC: education 10 (good universities and gifted school programs, mediocre public schools), crime 10 (exists but exaggerated by the media), downtown 17 (has everything but too crowded and trashy), economy 18 (good variety of jobs), recreation 15 (beaches, parks, beautiful nature accessible by train), history 19 (probably only Boston has more), amenities 20 (what do you miss?), cost of living 1 (Bay Area has worse). Total 110.

    • @caperucito5
      @caperucito5 Год назад

      Chicago: education 7 (universities strong, public schools bad), crime 6 (many areas are very nice but much of the city is a war zone), downtown 18 (has everything you can expect), economy 15 (big companies, but also issues with the Illinois economy), recreation 13 (big lake, parks, beaches, ethnic cuisine), history 15 (the fire, the Columbian Exposition), amenities 18 (big city, has a lot to offer), cost of living 10 (excellent given the city's size). Total 102.

  • @randyonthekey7519
    @randyonthekey7519 9 месяцев назад

    The crime rate is directly related to the northern part especially around MLK Blvd. I’ve lived here 10 years and actually never witnessed a single crime.

    • @SA-hz1rs
      @SA-hz1rs 8 месяцев назад

      most people in NYC, LA, or Chicago dont either

  • @SA-hz1rs
    @SA-hz1rs 8 месяцев назад

    lol, what jobs? and who is we?

  • @ReggieRegenold-uq2bz
    @ReggieRegenold-uq2bz Год назад +1

    Because of Alcoholic and Narcotic Anonymous 🤗 🤗

    • @gerardolazo3333
      @gerardolazo3333 Год назад

      Hahaha if you know, you know 😂😂😂😅😅

  • @mikeanderson9266
    @mikeanderson9266 9 месяцев назад +3

    Lots of bugs, homeless, and rain!

    • @SA-hz1rs
      @SA-hz1rs 8 месяцев назад

      sounds like lots of crime too

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Год назад +4

    Hmmm Better keep a eye on your Air Conditioning (10:57), the liberals want to get rid of AC along with dishwashers and gas stoves, nice.... Sarasota looks like a great place to visit along with many other parts of Florida. Chris, one of the best changes you made to your channel is the "Chris Livability Score," it was a great idea.

    • @Photoboy1948
      @Photoboy1948 Год назад

      Nonsense. Where the hell did you come up with this crap?

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Год назад +1

      Thank you

    • @danielmoore1734
      @danielmoore1734 10 месяцев назад +1

      Ok jetsons 😂

    • @jetsons101
      @jetsons101 10 месяцев назад

      I really like Florida but would have a hard time living there.....@@danielmoore1734

  • @hoodooking1133
    @hoodooking1133 2 дня назад

    LET ME TELL YOU GUYS SOME NO DAMN BODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A HUMID HOT AND A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE JOBS ALL FLORIDA IS FOR VACATION PEOPLE IN NEW YORK AND MOST PLACES DONT LIKE FLORIDA BRO STOP IT 😂😂😂😅

  • @SaysWho1013
    @SaysWho1013 4 месяца назад

    It’s weasel like the animal

  • @HulaShack1
    @HulaShack1 10 месяцев назад

    Sarasota is an old and tired town. They have not kept up the area and worked on modernizing it. It is just old looking. Also, the traffic is absolutely horrible. Bumper to bumper all the time and it is worse than Tampa. It's governed by Liberals so now they are planning their "work force housing"building plans so the crime will get worse than it is. The population is elderly so they are not wanting it to change. Old is what they like. You couldn't pay me to live there.

    • @1967mercurycougar
      @1967mercurycougar 8 месяцев назад +1

      We moved here two years ago as refugees from the PNW (Seattle area). Frankly, we love it. No place is perfect, but we love the restaurant and bar scene downtown, sidewalk dining choices, and waterfront parks.
      My wife and I just took a great morning walk down at Marina Jack and then hit Pastry Art downtown for coffee. We were just saying, we sure as heck couldn’t dine at an outdoor cafe in seattle in January.
      Truth be told, this is our primary residence, but we do leave town for summers and hurricane season. We immediately gained a large circle of friends, and find people to be 10X friendlier than those back in seattle.

    • @JrayAloha
      @JrayAloha 7 месяцев назад +1

      Where can you live where you’re PAID to live there? Enjoy fairyland ? So leave if you’re not happy, no one cares where you go. Live free

  • @tripled5340
    @tripled5340 11 месяцев назад

    Yes it Fn Sucks...

  • @melskilove
    @melskilove 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ahh the Maga Destination nope they can keep that

  • @bunbun8001
    @bunbun8001 Год назад +4

    Yes, let all the stupid people move to that sweltering hurricane prone, sky rocketing insurance, corrupt state.

    • @Electrodexify
      @Electrodexify Год назад

      Meanwhile midwest states have high average IQ.
      Florida has low IQ, it's bizarre

    • @jstoli996c4s
      @jstoli996c4s 10 месяцев назад

      That’s why it’s called Floriduh