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Denver, CO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 3.0% more unemployment than Denver.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Denver, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth45.0%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.9%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.4%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.1%2.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  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 3 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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ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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