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Columbia, MD vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 58.9% less rainy days than Columbia.
- Santa Barbara has 33.5% more Sunny Days than Columbia.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 21.9% better than Columbia
 Columbia, MDSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall17  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny212  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  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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