| | Santa Barbara, CA | Hillsboro, OR | United States |
| Overall | 154.7 | 128.1 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 113.8 | 102.0 | 100 |
| Health | 113.2 | 90.2 | 100 |
| Housing | 476.7 | 158.3 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $1,525,500 | $533,000 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,020.0% | 8,270.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 97.0 | 122.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 142.5 | 136.4 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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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
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
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 Hillsboro 10 Reviews
Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in More
I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the More
We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in More
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