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Birmingham, AL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- People living in Santa Barbara are 35.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock48.5%49.4%
 Baptist40.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic8.6%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.8%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.0%1.9%
 Methodist9.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian13.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%0.9%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  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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