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Hillsboro, OR vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 52.8% less rainy days than Hillsboro.
- Santa Barbara has 99.3% more Sunny Days than Hillsboro.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 18.7% better than Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny142  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low37  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  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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