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Austin, TX vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- People living in Santa Barbara are 3.9% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Austin
 Austin, TXSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock48.5%49.4%
 Baptist8.7%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic25.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.8%2.1%
 Lutheran0.8%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.0%1.9%
 Methodist4.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian7.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.9%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%0.9%
Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  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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