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Charleston, SC vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- People living in Santa Barbara are 16.5% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Charleston
 Charleston, SCSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock48.5%49.4%
 Baptist9.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic4.3%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.8%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.0%1.9%
 Methodist6.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian4.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.6%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%0.9%
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  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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