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Arlington, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 2.2% more unemployment than Arlington.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Arlington, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.8%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.7%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.0%2.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 15 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
98223
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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