2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Veneta, OR vs Santa Cruz, CA

#18 Best Green Cities

#21 2005 Best Places to Live

#62 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#77 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#81 2005 High Gas Prices

#18 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#27 Best Green Cities

#41 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#124 2005 Best Places to Live

I've lived here 16 years, and I still think it's a nice place. It's rural, but only 20 miles from Eugene. We have a reservoir for boating and fishing, and we can drive  More

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More