Which city is better, Sarasota or St. Augustine?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

I used to think Sarasota, bay side and all that but, lately I have been drawn to St. Augustine, for the history, I guess ...


props to darkangel218 for the OP.

[csziggy]

1. St. Augustine - can't be as Republican as Sarasota

And it has the history thing going. Plus, there is a strong artist community there. Around St. Augustine there are a lot of really cool historical sites, much more than just the fort.

Sarasota is where what her face, the Secretary of State that allowed the voter purge while she was the state chairman of Bush's campaign in 2000 - Katherine Harris. AND they elected her to Congress after that!

[Kurska]

2. St. Augustine hands down

Sorry, sarasota has nothing on the natural beauty and history of Saint Augustine. Whenever I have friends come in from out of state I ALWAYS take them to Saint Augustine and they ALWAYS have an absolute blast.

[In_The_Wind]

3. St. Augustine hands down.

indeed . . . props to darkangel218 for moving to Orlando.
Miami isn't fun or safe anymore.

I have photos of Saint Augustine in my photobucket. Beautiful.

[JanMichael]

4. Both are cool!!

But...aside from the comments above, which are accurate...You can leave FL faster from St. Augustine-- so, if you want to get up into the mountains of GA, SC, or NC....it's hours faster-

[OriginalGeek]

5. I lived in Sarasota when I was 2 or 3

and Jacksonville when I was 5 or 6

and I visit both Sarasota and St Augustine for fun now.


Sarasota has a cool Amish community with some GREAT food and handcrafted stuff.

St Augustine has the history and also some great food.

We stayed at the Casablanca B&B on Matanzas Bay for our 25th anniversary and had a blast, We had a second floor room overlooking the main street/bay and it was great lounging on the balcony drinking scotch and smoking cigars.

[graywarrior]

6. I lived in Sarasota for 5 years

St. Augustine is better.

[Moondog]

7. St Augustine.

Both are tourist towns.

But St Augustine has a soul.

I owned a couple of homes in Sarasota for a few years. I wouldn't go back.

[Kingofalldems]

8. St Augustine has Barnacle Bill's seafood restaurant