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Nashville, TN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 0.4% more unemployment than Nashville.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.
 Nashville, TNSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth48.3%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.9%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.7%2.7%6.3%
Reviews for Nashville    150 Reviews

Gentification and tourism reduce the score but it is still good mix of a big and small city.  More

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Nashville has a lot of culture, but ultimately it is overpriced and dangerous. I can't imagine buying a $600k house in a neighborhood with automatic gunfire. The home  More

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Nashville has to be the most overrated city in the US. I unfortunately live here and we can't wait to leave. We moved here in 2018 (for job relocation) and realized  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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