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Lancaster, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 140.3% more rainy days than Lancaster.
- Santa Barbara has 0.7% more Sunny Days than Lancaster.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Santa Barbara scores 11.3% better than Lancaster
 Lancaster, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1938
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock38106
 Sunny281  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7386
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.97
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock492443
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  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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