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Santa Barbara, CA vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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- Lake Arrowhead has 87.6% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Lake Arrowhead has 1.4% more Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Arrowhead scores 14.6% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CALake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock40106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.67
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock51742443
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 Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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