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Santa Barbara, CA vs Grand Blanc, MI

#72 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#234 2005 Best Places to Live

#369 Best Green Cities

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

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

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

I am very disatisfied with the economy and the high property tax rate in Grand Blanc. I am paying close to $7,000 on a $320K house with the only thing to show for it  More

A rapidly growing and progressive city. Summer is perfect but very short. Winter is  More