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Garden Grove, CA vs Santa Maria, CA

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I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

This is a very informative  More

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More