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Santa Barbara, CA vs Flint, MI

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- Flint has 73.0% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Flint has 40.3% less Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Flint scores 24.7% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAFlint, MIUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3238
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock120106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.77
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7512443
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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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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