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Old 12-21-2011, 09:16 AM
 
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Anyway, getting back to OP's gripes about SB, may I suggest San Diego? San Diego is the best city in Cali-IMO!

Now if OP would think SD is a hole then we all definitely know for certain that the problem lies within the OP and has nothing to do with Santa Barbara.
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Old 12-21-2011, 03:24 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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Am I missing something? I just looked at some random Google Streetview locations in SB and it looks beautiful. Even the poorer parts look nice.
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Old 12-23-2011, 01:24 AM
 
Location: Northern Colorado
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Santa Barbara does suck.

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz all are coastal college communities that are anti-growth and have too many rich people living there.

Viva la Ciudad de Santa Maria!
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:04 AM
 
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Among the very greatest characteristics of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz is that they are anti-growth oriented communities.
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:07 AM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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Santa Barbara does suck.

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz all are coastal college communities that are anti-growth and have too many rich people living there.

Viva la Ciudad de Santa Maria!
Too many rich?!?!?

I bet you that a rich person did not write that. But, hey, City, find a rich girl, marry her, see what life is like from the top.

I am guessing you don't know the rich in Santa Maria. Tell you what, drive one block east of Santa Maria High, on Morrison or Camino Collegio, then wander those neighborhoods..

Then go out to Lake Marie.
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Old 12-23-2011, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Sacramento, Ca.
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Doesnt sound like youre easily pleased anyway. Seek counseling. No, really.
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Old 12-23-2011, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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"Anti-growth"?
What does that mean regarding, for example, Santa Cruz county?
Grow how?
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Old 12-23-2011, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Northern Colorado
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The rich people in Santa Maria might have money, but their lives are FAR FAR different than the true rich of San Luis, Santa Barbarba, and Santa Cruz.

Most of America probably likes college towns-bars, hiking trails, visual and performing arts scene, tons of coffee shops, organic grocery markets galore, trendy apparel stores, liberalism, smart-growth or anti-growth communities....

Davis and SLO are both getting Whole Foods next year. All the college towns in California already have Trader Joes. Most have Gap and Urban Outfitters. Let's not forget Apple being in each of these communities too except Davis and Santa Cruz.

Housing is way too overpriced in college communities. You have to be rich or a stupid enough poorer person to want to live there and get a teeny tiny house.
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Old 12-23-2011, 01:16 PM
 
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"Anti-growth"?
What does that mean regarding, for example, Santa Cruz county?
Grow how?
Meaning that the Master Growth Plans for those communities are structured in ways that limit both population and commercial development growth ... housing densities are restricted, and sprawling housing developments, as well ... same with commercial development. Good for them.
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Old 12-23-2011, 01:19 PM
 
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The rich people in Santa Maria might have money, but their lives are FAR FAR different than the true rich of San Luis, Santa Barbarba, and Santa Cruz.

Most of America probably likes college towns-bars, hiking trails, visual and performing arts scene, tons of coffee shops, organic grocery markets galore, trendy apparel stores, liberalism, smart-growth or anti-growth communities....

Davis and SLO are both getting Whole Foods next year. All the college towns in California already have Trader Joes. Most have Gap and Urban Outfitters. Let's not forget Apple being in each of these communities too except Davis and Santa Cruz.

Housing is way too overpriced in college communities. You have to be rich or a stupid enough poorer person to want to live there and get a teeny tiny house.
Because living in large, wasteful, inefficient spaces is more the American way?
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