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Anderson, SC vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 61.2% less rainy days than Anderson.
- Santa Barbara has 28.1% more Sunny Days than Anderson.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 17.1% better than Anderson
 Anderson, SCSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny221  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low31  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  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 4 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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