I hate Santa Barbara

[capitalist09]

The appeal of a small city on the verge of mountains and the coast is appealing, but the people who live here ruin it. It's the crazy hippies and bums, eccentric and pretentious millionaires, illegals, and gangs. It is indeed overrated and mirrors the problems going on throughout this state.

I believe the home prices are based on supply and demand so I wouldn't call them high. I am sure they would be even higher if the city were populated with family people more like those that live in Irvine or Thousand Oaks.

It has some of LA's problems, but not nearly as many or extreme. It also has it's own problems like jobs! It would be a decent place to retire if you can lock yourself into a beautiful Montecito ranch! Overall, it doesn't mirror the American dream or values (freedom, and family) and much of California is following in it's path. Young people are leaving California by the hundreds of thousands. There are high costs here (taxes, home prices) and yet the state is still bankrupt.

The best thing about Santa Barbara is that it is one of the few cities in Southern California to successfully control development. But, that reason alone, does not make up for it's problems.

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by capitalist09

The appeal of a small city on the verge of mountains and the coast is appealing, but the people who live here ruin it. It's the crazy hippies and bums, eccentric and pretentious millionaires, illegals, and gangs. It is indeed overrated and mirrors the problems going on throughout this state.

I believe the home prices are based on supply and demand so I wouldn't call them high. I am sure they would be even higher if the city were populated with family people more like those that live in Irvine or Thousand Oaks.

It has some of LA's problems, but not nearly as many or extreme. It also has it's own problems like jobs! It would be a decent place to retire if you can lock yourself into a beautiful Montecito ranch! Overall, it doesn't mirror the American dream or values (freedom, and family) and much of California is following in it's path. Young people are leaving California by the hundreds of thousands. There are high costs here (taxes, home prices) and yet the state is still bankrupt.

The best thing about Santa Barbara is that it is one of the few cities in Southern California to successfully control development. But, that reason alone, does not make up for it's problems.

Santa Barbara is also the birthplace of the modern-day environmental movement.

SB is certainly not like Thousand Oaks or Irivne. I'll take Santa Barbara with its "crazy hippies, bums" and "illegals" any day over those other two cities.

[NoTimeToTalk]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

Santa Barbara is also the birthplace of the modern-day environmental movement.

SB is certainly not like Thousand Oaks or Irivne. I'll take Santa Barbara with its "crazy hippies, bums" and "illegals" any day over those other two cities.

Why?

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by NoTimeToTalk

Why?

Because Santa Barbara has a grit, energy and a spontaneity simply missing in T.O. and Irvine, where cars rule and everything seems to have been shaped from the same mold. SB has people on the streets, out walking, riding bikes. Buses take you everywhere. Don't try that in T.O. or Irvine!