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Grand Rapids, MI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 2.2% more unemployment than Grand Rapids.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Grand Rapids, MISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.8%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.2%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.6%2.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  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 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
49504 49507 49503 49506 49505
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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