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Somerville, MA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- People living in Santa Barbara are 13.9% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Somerville
 Somerville, MASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock48.5%49.4%
 Baptist1.1%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic50.1%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.8%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.0%1.9%
 Methodist1.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian1.7%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%0.9%
Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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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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