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Hayden, ID vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 0.9% more unemployment than Hayden.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.
 Hayden, IDSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.0%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth45.1%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.9%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth10.9%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.9%2.7%6.3%
Reviews for Hayden    5 Reviews

Used to be nice, but the city council is a joke. Califonians have moved in a the price of houses is now unaffordable. Pay is low and the cost of living is rising. The  More

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Hayden is a beautiful place with wretched weather. Cold, dreary, grey days are the norm from late Oct to late May. There is no “Spring” in Hayden. It can barely eeek out  More

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Hayden is beautiful, but all of North Idaho is getting very crowded. Wages are low; cost of living has gotten pretty high. Maybe we just have bad luck, but we live in a  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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