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Santa Barbara, CA vs Sioux Falls, SD

#2 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#6 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#24 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#100 2005 Best Places to Live

#104 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#246 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've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More