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Santa Barbara, CA vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Denver has been positive.
- Denver has 3.0% less unemployment than Santa Barbara.
- Denver job growth has increased by 24.1% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Santa Barbara, CADenver, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.1%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.2%45.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.9%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.5%7.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.7%24.1%6.3%

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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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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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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total

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