2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Barbara, CA vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- There are 199 physicians per 100,000 people in West Lafayette.
- There are 216 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Barbara.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Barbara, CAWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock62.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)43  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.216  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
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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 West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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