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Santa Barbara, CA vs Meridian, ID

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- People living in Meridian are 4.2% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock44.3%49.4%
 Baptist1.4%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic35.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock16.3%2.1%
 Lutheran1.0%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.1%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.7%1.7%
 Other Christian1.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.2%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.2%0.9%
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 Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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