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Old 01-26-2007, 09:05 AM
 
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Which one would you pick and why?
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Old 01-26-2007, 09:24 AM
 
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Which one would you pick and why?
Depends if I needed to have a job. La Jolla is just a few miles away from lots of great tech companies. Santa Barbara... you'd better be rich
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Old 01-26-2007, 09:26 AM
 
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If I could afford it I'd pick Santa Barbara. But it's not even close to my price range. But it's beautiful there, nice mountains, beach with things to do, great shopping and restaurants. It's so nice there... but you do have to have some money if you want to live there.
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Old 01-26-2007, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Oxnard, CA on the way to Raleigh NC
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MULDER - I used to live in Santa Barbara and my sister still does. I had the chance to spend some time down in La Jolla. I personally think La Jolla is much prettier than Santa Barbara. And the plus side of La Jolla is you are sooo close to San Diego so your work options are huge. In Santa Barbara the work options are not huge to get "huge" you need to drive all the way to LA. Life in Santa Barbara is nice if you can afford it, the "if" is a big one. There is always Goleta (nice), Isla Vista (young and near UCSB), Montecito (very expensive and pretty), and then Carpinteria (smaller, agricultural, and most people drive to Santa Barbara or Ventura to work.) I have lived in Goleta, Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Ojai, and now Oxnard, so I have tasted it all.
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Old 01-26-2007, 07:30 PM
 
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Montecito is my favorite. Very pretty, amazing views. Santa Barbara is very nice as well. In La Jolla Vs. Santa Barbara, I would choose Montecito/Santa Barbara. La Jolla is too crowded, but it's like choosing between a Bentley and a Rolls Royce.

However, I would choose Rancho Santa Fe over anything in the United States. Anyone who has been there knows why.
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Old 01-26-2007, 09:41 PM
 
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I agree with Benzboy. Rancho Santa Fe is probably the best place to live in the world. But between La Jolla and Santa Barbara... I would probably choose La Jolla. Honestly, I've never really understood why so many people drool over SB. During past vacations there, I couldn't wait to get the heck out. Sure it has excellent weather, looks great, and has nice shopping, but nothing seemed too luring about it. Never quite understood why people pay $500 grand more for a house there than in Carlsbad, Santa Cruz, or San Clemente.

San Clemente-There's a city that is so underrated. It has the Santa Barbara feel. It is safer and cleaner than Santa Barbara. It's directly between LA and SD. There's open space. There's hills. There's just no Montecito by San Clemente.
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Old 01-30-2007, 11:35 PM
 
Location: Santa Barbara
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I disagree with "newportbeachsmostwanted Senior Member" however I am biased, lol.

In my humble opinion:

1. Santa Cruz is a poor excuse for a pseudo-hippy college town. The downtown area is smelly and filthy. Berkeley wannabe.

2. It does not have that hometown welcoming feel to it. Definately not a place to raise a family.

3.Very angry and unpleasant local politics to boot.

4. On the plus side, it has some of the best surf in the state.

5. Although not as pricey as Santa Barbara, it is still very expensive.

6. Santa Cruz is a great place if you are a student or own a surf shop.
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Old 01-30-2007, 11:59 PM
 
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"1. Santa Cruz is a poor excuse for a pseudo-hippy college town. The downtown area is smelly and filthy. Berkeley wannabe."

It's homeless infested, and certainly a family-dissenters paradise.
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"2. It does not have that hometown welcoming feel to it. Definately not a place to raise a family."

Well, unless your metality is to want your kids to be crack dealers and stoners by age 19.
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"3.Very angry and unpleasant local politics to boot."

Agree at what? The economy? (hmm wait-there's real jobs in Santa cruz?)
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"4. On the plus side, it has some of the best surf in the state."
No comment.
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"5. Although not as pricey as Santa Barbara, it is still very expensive."

They get their rent money from drugs, duh.
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"6. Santa Cruz is a great place if you are a student or own a surf shop."

Correction: Santa Cruz is a great place if you are a student or want to be a bum outside of a surf shop.
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Old 01-31-2007, 12:57 AM
 
Location: where you sip the tea of the breasts of the spinsters of Utica
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From my point of view, Santa Cruz is in one of the most scenic, beautiful coastal areas on the California coast - the southernmost refuge of redwoods, awesome mountains-meet-sea views, whales, amusement park, Natural Bridges state park, the surfing etc. Too bad it's infested by rich people driving up the real estate prices so high that half the population can't afford to live indoors.
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Old 01-31-2007, 02:26 AM
 
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Too bad it's infested by rich people driving up the real estate prices so high that half the population can't afford to live indoors.
An overall demand(by all classes) drives up prices, not just rich people.

(Just a thought: In Japan-they believe that respecting people higher up on the financial ladder(bosses, owners, etc..) leads to a better/happier life.)
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