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Santa Barbara, CA vs Miami, FL

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- Miami has 220.5% more rainy days than Santa Barbara.
- Miami has 12.4% less Sunny Days than Santa Barbara.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Miami scores 28.1% worse than Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAMiami, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock5938
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock129106
 Sunny283  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.47
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock72443
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 Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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