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Happy Valley, OR vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 61.5% less rainy days than Happy Valley.
- Santa Barbara has 99.3% more Sunny Days than Happy Valley.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 18.7% better than Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall2  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny142  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low37  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index2.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 15 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 16 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  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 5 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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