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Woodinville, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 1.3% more unemployment than Woodinville.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.
 Woodinville, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Woodinville    18 Reviews

I've lived in north Woodinville for over 35 years in Snohomish County yet most of Woodinville is in King County 5 min from my house. There is about 6 churches 5  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here, on Cottage Lake, since 1978. It was just a little town then, sparsely populated but growing faster, probably each year, as folks disenchanted with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Living here in the wooded town of Woodinville is nice until it starts to get a little chilly and many residents start to burn wood recreationally in their fireplaces.  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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