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St. Cloud, MN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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

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

#72 Best Green Cities

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

#136 2005 Best Places to Live

The scenery and the water is amazing here affordable living for retired people  More

Lived here previously, have friends that still do. i don't know why anyone stays. It is the armpit of the state. Smaller town, so everyone knows everyone and is in your  More

A Stabbing happened at a local mall. I would not recommend the school district either. I heard about bullying in the schools too. I would not recommend living in the  More

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