@@dirtyrice81I always found it wild that this town operates the way it does without a middle class, but the middle class wasn't phased out that long ago. In the 90s and early 2000s, the Mesa was a middle class neighborhood. My folks were able to buy a condo in Solvang in 2002. They moved out to Florida 3yrs ago and bought a 6bdrm house, in a gated community and my dad's paisa ass has a golf cart he mobs around the neighborhood. They still had money left over too. Cost of living is drastically different from coast to coast.
Please stop moving to Santa Barbara. The more people that move here, the more the developers are going to destroy the public spaces to build more houses.
That's not completely true. California is actually forcing all counties to massively increase housing units. Even if migration to ca slowed those regulations would still be in affect. It would decrease demand though so make development less profitable
We do have some incredible public spaces in town though that I am grateful the city and county are fierce defenders of. In general, to accommodate additional housing units they are changing zoning of PRIVATE property-- for example Ag-II land near the city of sb or goleta, not destroying public spaces like preserved open areas or parks. Grateful for that!
@@oscarlucero2755 I heard a recent stat that 14000 people commute to Santa Barbara and the number is very small that live in sb and commute out from the city.
@saxy42 nah bruhv, as a local, I'm leaving. Rent here is out of control, my partner and I make between 24-25 per hour and we can hardly afford shit here, there's no opportunity for a single individual to live in this town outside of rooming up with 3-4 random folks for a rental. It's fucked up.
Nobody wants to move to your sheltered sht hole city lol…Never met so many entitled snobs in my life and i’ve lived in many snobby cities like Palo Alto / Atherton .. It doesn’t help that none of you know how to drive 😂 Stay in your tiny little bubble
@@rossderer6154that is just not true. People make it work if they want something. Just depends what you want in life. I sacrifice living alone to live here. I make very little money.
If you’re a billionaire maybe. Everyone I knew who grew up here was priced out of their homes , you used to be able to survive here middle class but it’s just impossible now
There are a lot of people who live here but don't own and that is ok. It is way less common in Europe to rent. When you die your house doesn't go with you! If you want to live here make it work!
11th 🙋♀️ generation of Santa Barbara's finest!!! My great great greats helped develop the town. I stayed in a few other places but SB is home. Say what u want but I grew up at the beach, zoo trips, picnic at Alice k park, summer solstice parades, riding bikes up n dwn state, fished off of sterns, dug sand pits for the 4th n danced 4 yrs for fiesta's. It's expensive yes there was once a time if we saw a fancy car drive by we would say they're obviously lost montecito is up the street pass Betos. Now the fancy car owners have moved in n they even take over the st parking!! Fiesta's is now a $ pit n only the college kids can afford it n not suffer. MTD is way better than any other bus I've taken. Rent can b pricey but not impossible. I love Santa Barbara, ALWAYS will it's in my DNA🧬!!! Yes! I do agree outsiders stay the f*&√ out 🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️!!! Stay well 🫶🏼🙏🏼✌🏼
I think it is very unfair to tell people to stay away. You don't own SB. If you don't want growth then people shouldn't be having children. You happened to be born here and if any of your family members chose to move somewhere they have just as much right as an person has to move to SB
@daisies9368 The problem is a lot of people I grew up with sold the houses that their parents or grandparents left for them. They wanted the easy money and bought toys rather than investing. We must be smart, work hard to protect our families legacy. Pass it on from generation to generation.
@@robertcerda92only if that is what someone wants to do. Maybe the children and grandchildren don't want a house in Santa Barbara and would rather have the money to do other things. Individuals might have different goals or needs.
If that was said to you before you moved here , you would’ve given 2 shitaas about. SB is not your private Property. SB is overrated and expensive. Nipomo has better weather for a 1/3 the price. Ill retire in Nipas in a not too far future.
Yes Santa Barbara is heaven I lived here for 21 years all my life there nothing like Santa Barbara it’s a magical town with all kids of activities and things to do 💞❣️💕
Everyone here is complaining about rent but won’t let developers build. I love it here and believe ares of the small town charm should be preserved but with more and more people wanting to live here you can’t preserve small town level development and fair rents, it’s one or the other. If you complaining about the rent then advocate for fewer building restrictions.
You’re completely right. Teachers aren’t getting paid enough to live in sb so most of my teachers live a few hrs away and have to drive hours to work and back every day which creates a lot of teachers shortages here
I couldn’t agree more there is pretty much 1-2 seasons and it got hot this summer! But at least we can surf one day and go skiing a few hours away the next day!
I live in Santa Barbara and I’ve traveled to over 20 countries around the world in 4 continents, yet none of them could match the amazing weather that Santa Barbara has, and practically no mosquitoes makes it even better. Even time I return to Santa Barbara I am reminded of the amazing weather and makes me re appreciate the place.
Agreed! It does make traveling a little less exciting when you have such a slice of paradise to return to but we love exploring new cultures and settings
*It’s a horrible place.* The people are rude, the tourists are exasperating, the college kids that go to University here are entitled brats. Everything is too expensive, the houses are either old and falling apart or built by lousy contractors and falling apart. Only $10 million + mansions hold up but the rich are too afraid to visit downtown due to the dirt, crowds, and crime. The shops and restaurants are pretentious. The ones that survived the mass lockdowns anyways. The downtown mall is half empty because Macy’s and Nordstroms left. Downtown is plagued by homeless bums. The police won’t tell you but they have a stabbing a week thanks to the city’s gangs and the monthly shooting. (Not bad for a big city but too much for a town this size.) All soon to increase as the cartels move north. The city government is incompetent and the heat and persistent drought means the town’s about to burst into flame any moment. The beaches are crowded, the surfing is overcrowded and over rated, and the ocean water is cold AF and polluted by the streams that run through downtown. Oil oozes up from the sand and stains your shoes and feet. We’ve been expecting “the big one” earthquake to demolish the town for years. Everything south of the 101 Freeway is expected to be deleted by the ensuing tsunami. Oh, and the 101 Freeway is noisy AF and expected to be widened at the expense of multiple homes and businesses. Good luck recouping you investment after the corrupt state government overs you nickels on the dollar for any property they declare eminent domain on. The train runs through town 4 times a day and honks it’s horn loudly to clear bums off the tracks. Taxes are insane - the highest in the country - and the state wants to be able to tax you _even after you leave the state_ to pay for all the illegal immigrants they allow in, social programs that don’t work and assorted crony payoff. Don’t move to Santa Barbara!
That's a lot of detail! Do you live in SB currently or used to live there? It sounds like you have had a lot of personal experience. I too am bummed Nordstroms and Macy's left. Downtown, like a lot of downtowns (take SF for instance) has been struggling--especially since the popular FUNK zone pulled business and tourists to a different part of town further complicating the situation.
@@Daniel_Zia The Funk Zone? That's already 90% dead. Well, the funky art appeal is. It wen't from ignored minor industrial storage to funky art area to gentrified douche HQ way faster than anyone could've predicted. Almost all the art galleries are gone, hardly any artists are left, a new luxury condo is up, and the place is filled with expensive restaurants, wine bars and breweries. Some of them are good but expensive and not really better than something you'd find in other, cheaper places. Without the artists it's ugly AF, mostly unremarkable and not really worth the bother. The idiotic city council used Covid as an excuse to turn State Street, the main drag, into a pedestrian zone by fiat. The problem is that most tourists go to the beach and don't have the energy walk farther inland than our broke ass mall (which looks like a Moorish prison designed by Dr. Seuss). When State Street was open to traffic they could drive or take a trolly for 50 cents. So all the businesses, including the Funk Zone, get the traffic. Do not move to Santa Barbara. Do not invest in Santa Barbara. Do not buy real estate in Santa Barbara. Do not go to school in Santa Barbara. And for God's sake do not open a business in Santa Barbara - especially a restaurant. The most prosperous businesses here are construction contractors that install and rip out restaurant kitchens for new and failed restaurants. And if you visit Santa Barbara try to make it a part of your California vacation, not the centerpiece or you'll be very disappointed.
This has been my experience too and I’ve been here 5 years, what a false illusion to say the least. Thank you for taking the time to express what many have lived. Notice the group that disagrees with these lives experiences, that should tell you why they want to invalidate your local lives experience
The traffic here is nothing, appreciate it!. And traffic happens because people live and go places at the same time, celebrate that you can drive and have money to go to the grocery or have a job. Life is good. If you have to sit in traffic for an extra 6 min in town be grateful you are alive.
It's not about the jams only. These people suck at driving, and it's just plain shitty. I don't live won't live here ever. You shouldWork here but don't live here to take the money from santa barbara and spend it somewhere else. Fuck these people that live here.
That is a challenge for sure! At some point if you are working so hard to be able to live somewhere and can’t enjoy where you live that’s not quality of life either 😕
Everyone is welcome. - love the tourists , love the students - grateful for the immigrant workers , thankful to be able to afford living here. Simply will leave when it’s unaffordable.
Also, dont just Live Here, come enroll here too. Westmont College, SBCC and UCSB are some of the Big Schools that can help you plant yourself here. I recommend Westmont, but also work in UCSB and SBCC housing. But...I also agree that our city leaders must address the shortage of afforadable housing that endlessly locals and graduates out. I commuted from LA for a long time for work at UCSB; gas was cheaper then.
@@Daniel_ZiaNah, it's been getting a lot cooler. Last summer was a scorcher, but we really didn't have much of a summer this year and now we're entering Fall and it's getting even cooler.
As a local, please dont move here, it gets outrageously hot during the summer, in fact, the hottest recorded temperature was here at around 130 degrees, expensive rent and jobs with shit pay.
There is a story that it hit 133 degrees back in June 17th in 18590--yes, 1859! IF that was true, it's not reflective of current weather. I've been in town for over 20 years and I'm not sure it has even topped 100. We do complain about the weather though because we get spoiled it's always in the low 70's so it hits mid to high 80's and we are sweating as our bodies have adjusted to that temperature. Nothing like Las Vegas or other locations where you regularly get 110+ degree temperatures
@@marcusellison6124 Honestly, the hottest it’s ever gotten here was the 80’s, and that’s a pretty lucky number. It’s usually freezing ass cold, not to mention Goleta.
And it is EXPENSIVE AS FUCK to live here. Not sure how the average person is living here. It is in a HUGE housing crisis and it is just getting worse. So, if you are a politician, movie star, doctor than SB is for you.
@@Tiltrotortech fax. I could never buy today the house I bought in SB in 2016. I barley got it done in 2016. And my tax base is relatively low… $850 a month In property tax, which is low … which sounds crazy
I live with my parents and have zero fucking chance of affording a place here myself. Cheapest place to live is in the harbor. My 45 foot boat cost me 760 a month to live on it with free water and power, but the boat was 75000 and the harbor slip was about 150000
Born and raised here, founding family. We are just hitting the hot weather, end of Aug, Sept and Oct. It is foggy throughout the normal summer time for the rest of the country. It was 80 today (09/10) and humid around 60-70%. But super expensive to live here. Gotta love it ❤
Hmmm... A beautiful beach minutes south of SB. 😲 super typical to include a destination in a video like this. Bay Area video with the Golden Gate, despite it being hours away. And ya know the rest of the video... Covers SB. But you just ignore that...Hmmmm 😂
I did meet John Finn! At the 65th anniversary of the attack, in Honolulu. I was there with my father, who was also a survivor of the attack, and several family members.
I live in Santa Barbara right now. I’m at my house I was born in Sacramento lived there for nine years. I’m 10 years old. Santa Barbara is a beautiful place. There’s so much stuff to do. It has the perfect weather there’s really good schools there’s delicious foods there’s a beach shopping at State Street, never ends
I've had a lot of fun on this thread. Bottom line is people are selfish if they want to live here but don't want anyone else to. My response to most of the comments on this post is : Grow up, look at the positive, move if you dislike so much about SB and volunteer to help the homeless¡
I live in Santa Barbara. It's nice but going the way of the Liberal. Businesses are leaving and homelessness is getting out of control with crime on the rise. I lived in SF for most of my life and SB's on track to look the same. Shame, because it is beautiful here.
Like a lot of california It is about 2 to 1 democrat vs republican. 🤷. The homelessness breaks my heart but Santa Barbara is much better than a lot of other cities both in ca and out of state
The liberals are usually the ones that create and fight for good changes like gender and racial equality, and civil rights. God forbid people are different than you.
Born and raised love my hometown but all my friends here passing away from the drug epidemic if your planning on moving here make sure to keep your kids away from the wrong crowds I remember when my town used to be fun now I’m scared to look at my phone just had a really good friend pass last week to drugs please whatever you do keep your kids safe here town is too small with all the drugs going around
I live there our normal summer weather is 100 degrees and winter is half cloudy and always 40 degrees in morning and 69 degrees in afternoon and 30 degrees at night. But still nice place
Hmm… this doesn’t seem to be true info. I would google Santa Barbara weather and verify this comment. I’ve been here 20 years and there have been very very few 30 or 100 degree moments
@@Rabbit23 Nope. Sorry…. The family bought 14 acres and has been here since ‘64. You’ll be moving to Bakersfield when you realize your dreams of owning a home here are impossible for you. 😂
@@oldwave6106what family? I just figure some one who complains on a thread like this must not like living here. And I don't plan on buying a house here, or staying here, I come and go. I am going to go over crowd another once small town because change happens, people move.
Really? Interesting perspective that doesn’t match the reported weather. We have had a more wet than usual year this year which has made the hiking some of the most beautiful it’s ever been!
I live in SB many years now, but it’s not the same as before (10) years ago. The beauty of the land and ocean still holds its beauty. The old money is gone as well as the people . The overgrowth of people and apartments has taken away the magic. But SB will remain beautiful.
I was fortunate to spend my 20’s in SB (am 40 now & live elsewhere in CA) at a time when it was still affordable. I had an adorable 1bd rm house just a couple blocks from Paseo Nuevo mall downtown & paid just $1,000mo. Unheard of now. It was great while it lasted & I made awesome memories but I’m by no means rich & couldn’t afford it now. Also, some other comments I read were correct, the locals tend to be pompous & arrogant! Now being only 45 minutes away it’s still a lovely place to spend an afternoon. It’s also a very pet friendly place 👍🏼
After having lived throughout the world I can tell you that Santa Barbara weather is not what it used to be. Fifty years ago it was great. Today, it’s too hot, and way too humid. Vacancy rates for apartments are less than 1% so good luck with that. The two schools here (UCSB & SBCC) suck up all available housing. The local government useless, and the local sheriff misrepresents the crime stats. If you want to move here just “ bring money.” You can’t get paid enough to live here if you’re still working for a living. Santa Barbara-for newly weds and the nearly dead.
No it’s not I live in Santa Barbara county we haven’t had sun most of the year is been hazy since march. We get a day many 2 of clear sunny sunny weather a week and it’s usually about 2 or 3pm when that happens.
Hmm... interesting. WHere in SB county do you live? I know just within an 8 miles radius of Santa Barbara we have so many different microclimates where the same moment of the time can see as much as a 10-15 degree temperature swing and a big difference with fog vs sun.
Santa Barbara is the best place for homeless people to come so pack your bags , shopping carts, vans busses or shit box cars and head on over to Santa Barbara. No seriously this is where all the snobs live so you can get some cash easily and the parks are and recreation areas are a great place too hang out!!!!!
Yes it is don't come here we are already over populated
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Real talk there’s no vacant homes prices are insanity
@@maf610 vacancy rates have always been under 2% and both rentals and home prices are sky high...
Yea please
yes please stay awayy
Living in Santa Barbara is like being on vacation without any money.
Yep…vacarion lifestyle but super expensive
Born and raised its truly wild
@@Daniel_Ziait’s so nice in the winter
No middle class here. You're either 1%FU money or poor AF, working 2 or 3 jobs just to make ends meet
It’s a struggle for sure
@@Daniel_Zia more than a struggle!!
You have no idea!!!!
@@dirtyrice81I always found it wild that this town operates the way it does without a middle class, but the middle class wasn't phased out that long ago. In the 90s and early 2000s, the Mesa was a middle class neighborhood. My folks were able to buy a condo in Solvang in 2002. They moved out to Florida 3yrs ago and bought a 6bdrm house, in a gated community and my dad's paisa ass has a golf cart he mobs around the neighborhood. They still had money left over too. Cost of living is drastically different from coast to coast.
True it probably has one of the biggest wealth divide in the country
Please stop moving to Santa Barbara. The more people that move here, the more the developers are going to destroy the public spaces to build more houses.
That's not completely true. California is actually forcing all counties to massively increase housing units. Even if migration to ca slowed those regulations would still be in affect. It would decrease demand though so make development less profitable
We do have some incredible public spaces in town though that I am grateful the city and county are fierce defenders of. In general, to accommodate additional housing units they are changing zoning of PRIVATE property-- for example Ag-II land near the city of sb or goleta, not destroying public spaces like preserved open areas or parks. Grateful for that!
Actually most people live in Oxnard Ventura Lompoc Camarillo but commute to sb for work that’s why we have shit traffic from 3 to about 7 leaving sb
@@oscarlucero2755 I heard a recent stat that 14000 people commute to Santa Barbara and the number is very small that live in sb and commute out from the city.
@@Daniel_Ziathat's got to be an under estimate. 40% of my coworkers commute.
SB local born and raised. Our motto: Keep LA 100 miles away. We mean it.
I do like Santa Barbara significantly more than LA that's for sure!
Aka "fuck you got mine"
I 100% agree we mean it
@saxy42 nah bruhv, as a local, I'm leaving. Rent here is out of control, my partner and I make between 24-25 per hour and we can hardly afford shit here, there's no opportunity for a single individual to live in this town outside of rooming up with 3-4 random folks for a rental. It's fucked up.
Nobody wants to move to your sheltered sht hole city lol…Never met so many entitled snobs in my life and i’ve lived in many snobby cities like Palo Alto / Atherton .. It doesn’t help that none of you know how to drive 😂 Stay in your tiny little bubble
Yes comes to Sanya barbara where u can only survive if your rich . And having two jobs barely cover anything . Honestly don't come here
It is expensive to live here. No doubt about that!
@@Daniel_Zia No, its not expensive its unaffordable. If your not making 300k a year here you cannot afford to live here.
@@rossderer6154that is just not true. People make it work if they want something. Just depends what you want in life. I sacrifice living alone to live here. I make very little money.
@@rossderer6154not true, we make less than 300k a year and been living here for 18 years.
Don't tell them bro.🤦♂️🤦♂️
haha
If you’re a billionaire maybe. Everyone I knew who grew up here was priced out of their homes , you used to be able to survive here middle class but it’s just impossible now
It's tough for a lot of great people given the high cost of housing, that's for sure
There are a lot of people who live here but don't own and that is ok. It is way less common in Europe to rent. When you die your house doesn't go with you! If you want to live here make it work!
Tr Santa Barbara California, a city that concentrates on accommodating tourists needs instead of its own residents
Has that been your experience?
I live in SB, great place if u have the money to afford to live here. If not it’s really difficult.
That's very true
why? have you lived anywhere else?
@@lookingjust987654321yeah and it’s hella expensive lol I thought SD was bad
It is more expensive than most of the areas in SD
True af
Santa Barbara county jail has the best sandwiches👌
I didn't know that!
Trade you my cookies for that buck shot?
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@@jaws5439 hell no
Big facts
11th 🙋♀️ generation of Santa Barbara's finest!!! My great great greats helped develop the town. I stayed in a few other places but SB is home. Say what u want but I grew up at the beach, zoo trips, picnic at Alice k park, summer solstice parades, riding bikes up n dwn state, fished off of sterns, dug sand pits for the 4th n danced 4 yrs for fiesta's. It's expensive yes there was once a time if we saw a fancy car drive by we would say they're obviously lost montecito is up the street pass Betos. Now the fancy car owners have moved in n they even take over the st parking!! Fiesta's is now a $ pit n only the college kids can afford it n not suffer. MTD is way better than any other bus I've taken. Rent can b pricey but not impossible. I love Santa Barbara, ALWAYS will it's in my DNA🧬!!! Yes! I do agree outsiders stay the f*&√ out 🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️!!! Stay well 🫶🏼🙏🏼✌🏼
11th generation, that is incredible! One of our agents, Jon Gilkeson, an a 4th generation.
I think it is very unfair to tell people to stay away. You don't own SB. If you don't want growth then people shouldn't be having children. You happened to be born here and if any of your family members chose to move somewhere they have just as much right as an person has to move to SB
Stop talking about it. A lot of the locals have been pushed out already.
thanks for your comment
@daisies9368 The problem is a lot of people I grew up with sold the houses that their parents or grandparents left for them. They wanted the easy money and bought toys rather than investing. We must be smart, work hard to protect our families legacy. Pass it on from generation to generation.
@@robertcerda92only if that is what someone wants to do. Maybe the children and grandchildren don't want a house in Santa Barbara and would rather have the money to do other things. Individuals might have different goals or needs.
And a lot of people welcome new residents. 😂
@Rabbit23 Everyone is welcome, just be cool, and keep the city small/low key.
STOP MOVING TO SANTA BARBARA WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE
Looking forward to some of the new housing developments in the queue to be built….
If that was said to you before you moved here , you would’ve given 2 shitaas about. SB is not your private Property.
SB is overrated and expensive. Nipomo has better weather for a 1/3 the price.
Ill retire in Nipas in a not too far future.
@@motosmas860 yeah that’s why people should stop moving here it’s overrated and overpopulated
Absoloute fax
So you got your home so now you are selfish and don't want anyone else to enjoy SB. That is ridiculous and you should be ashamed of your attitude.
SB is awesome but be prepared, rent for a 1bd is $2200+ on average and an average 3bd home costs $1.5M.
#truth and #stickershock
So it goes.
( im a kid ) is this lucky or not. I get to live in a 2bdroom house for 1k rent a month. It has a good sized kitchen small bathroom and ye.
Oh and don’t forget to visit downtown Santa Barbara. Lower State Street is just mind blowing. Full of sights and smells you’ll never forget. 😂
They joys of downtown!
I got my cardboard box right on the beach for only $699,999 😊
Sweet! But I recycle my cardboard every other week, if you are planning on a remodel let me know! 😂
Sounds like you got an epic deal 😁
Born and raised! My hometown!
Nice! How was your experience?
Same here
Yes Santa Barbara is heaven I lived here for 21 years all my life there nothing like Santa Barbara it’s a magical town with all kids of activities and things to do 💞❣️💕
Agreed! Lots to do outdoors with kids for sure
Everyone here is complaining about rent but won’t let developers build. I love it here and believe ares of the small town charm should be preserved but with more and more people wanting to live here you can’t preserve small town level development and fair rents, it’s one or the other. If you complaining about the rent then advocate for fewer building restrictions.
Really appreciate your comment. So true!
Yup sb born a day raised and the new skatepark in carp is a major plus.
I saw that just opened! Have you checked it out yet?
I live in Santa Barbara and the taxes are crazy and teachers barely get paid but it is still beautiful.
They make way to much
Taxes are high compared to where?
You’re completely right. Teachers aren’t getting paid enough to live in sb so most of my teachers live a few hrs away and have to drive hours to work and back every day which creates a lot of teachers shortages here
I lived there for 12 years. It's nice but it's absolutely overrated. Great for a weekend getaway though.
What location did you exchange it for?
@@Daniel_Zia Newport/Laguna Beach.
I live here and I have since I was 14 I love it here in Santa Barbara 😂🎉😢😮😅😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤
Love it!
I love living in Santa Barbara! Wish it would rain more!
The rain is so needed!
I wish we had snow😭it’s basically the same season year round
I agree. I LOVE when it rains! This winter is supposed to be wet!
I couldn’t agree more there is pretty much 1-2 seasons and it got hot this summer! But at least we can surf one day and go skiing a few hours away the next day!
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There’s a flash flood happening in Santa Barbara “FLASH FLOOD ON SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2024 CALIFORNIA”
what place: SANTA BARBARA CALIFORNIA
Yes everyone be safe! Limit driving for the time being
I live in Santa Barbara and I’ve traveled to over 20 countries around the world in 4 continents, yet none of them could match the amazing weather that Santa Barbara has, and practically no mosquitoes makes it even better. Even time I return to Santa Barbara I am reminded of the amazing weather and makes me re appreciate the place.
Agreed! It does make traveling a little less exciting when you have such a slice of paradise to return to but we love exploring new cultures and settings
weather has been mad goofy this year tho
*It’s a horrible place.* The people are rude, the tourists are exasperating, the college kids that go to University here are entitled brats. Everything is too expensive, the houses are either old and falling apart or built by lousy contractors and falling apart. Only $10 million + mansions hold up but the rich are too afraid to visit downtown due to the dirt, crowds, and crime. The shops and restaurants are pretentious. The ones that survived the mass lockdowns anyways. The downtown mall is half empty because Macy’s and Nordstroms left. Downtown is plagued by homeless bums. The police won’t tell you but they have a stabbing a week thanks to the city’s gangs and the monthly shooting. (Not bad for a big city but too much for a town this size.) All soon to increase as the cartels move north. The city government is incompetent and the heat and persistent drought means the town’s about to burst into flame any moment. The beaches are crowded, the surfing is overcrowded and over rated, and the ocean water is cold AF and polluted by the streams that run through downtown. Oil oozes up from the sand and stains your shoes and feet. We’ve been expecting “the big one” earthquake to demolish the town for years. Everything south of the 101 Freeway is expected to be deleted by the ensuing tsunami. Oh, and the 101 Freeway is noisy AF and expected to be widened at the expense of multiple homes and businesses. Good luck recouping you investment after the corrupt state government overs you nickels on the dollar for any property they declare eminent domain on. The train runs through town 4 times a day and honks it’s horn loudly to clear bums off the tracks. Taxes are insane - the highest in the country - and the state wants to be able to tax you _even after you leave the state_ to pay for all the illegal immigrants they allow in, social programs that don’t work and assorted crony payoff. Don’t move to Santa Barbara!
That's a lot of detail! Do you live in SB currently or used to live there? It sounds like you have had a lot of personal experience. I too am bummed Nordstroms and Macy's left. Downtown, like a lot of downtowns (take SF for instance) has been struggling--especially since the popular FUNK zone pulled business and tourists to a different part of town further complicating the situation.
@@Daniel_Zia The Funk Zone? That's already 90% dead. Well, the funky art appeal is. It wen't from ignored minor industrial storage to funky art area to gentrified douche HQ way faster than anyone could've predicted. Almost all the art galleries are gone, hardly any artists are left, a new luxury condo is up, and the place is filled with expensive restaurants, wine bars and breweries. Some of them are good but expensive and not really better than something you'd find in other, cheaper places. Without the artists it's ugly AF, mostly unremarkable and not really worth the bother.
The idiotic city council used Covid as an excuse to turn State Street, the main drag, into a pedestrian zone by fiat. The problem is that most tourists go to the beach and don't have the energy walk farther inland than our broke ass mall (which looks like a Moorish prison designed by Dr. Seuss). When State Street was open to traffic they could drive or take a trolly for 50 cents. So all the businesses, including the Funk Zone, get the traffic.
Do not move to Santa Barbara. Do not invest in Santa Barbara. Do not buy real estate in Santa Barbara. Do not go to school in Santa Barbara. And for God's sake do not open a business in Santa Barbara - especially a restaurant. The most prosperous businesses here are construction contractors that install and rip out restaurant kitchens for new and failed restaurants. And if you visit Santa Barbara try to make it a part of your California vacation, not the centerpiece or you'll be very disappointed.
That’s a fascinating perspective.
Where did you move to when you left Santa Barbara for all those reasons?
As a local, fucking preach it.
This has been my experience too and I’ve been here 5 years, what a false illusion to say the least. Thank you for taking the time to express what many have lived. Notice the group that disagrees with these lives experiences, that should tell you why they want to invalidate your local lives experience
I live in Goleta, but we go to Santa Barbara all the time! Santa Barbara beaches are the reason i’m a volleyball player
I love volleyball! One of the reasons I moved here to go to Westmont years ago was the thought of playing beach volleyball on my birthday in January
Same 😝
Be Warned: Stay Away. Traffic jams everywhere
In Santa Barbara? hmm... besides the occasional sticking point with freeway expansion I'm surprised you've had that experience
Guess you’ve never been to LA… in comparison, SB freeways are a breeze! 😂
The traffic here is nothing, appreciate it!. And traffic happens because people live and go places at the same time, celebrate that you can drive and have money to go to the grocery or have a job. Life is good. If you have to sit in traffic for an extra 6 min in town be grateful you are alive.
It's not about the jams only. These people suck at driving, and it's just plain shitty. I don't live won't live here ever. You shouldWork here but don't live here to take the money from santa barbara and spend it somewhere else. Fuck these people that live here.
we have a serious 1 way street problem!! lol
Weather is good the town itself not so much anymore, but it's hard to leave when I've been here all my life
Where would you move if you left?
Agree.. people here suck anymore but it’s so hard to leave
...to someplace colder or hotter@@Daniel_Zia
If you haven't lived elsewhere then you might change your opinion once you do.
What beach in SB is that first shot? I don't recognize it.
Carpinteria state beach 👍🏻
This is my youtube SB shout out for September.
No joke, SB shows up in a youtube video at least once a month.
It’s a beautiful place!
The average day is sunny? It’s rained consistently from December to May and was cold, wet and cloudy from May to July. Facts.
I live in santa barbara and a have an ocean view it is beautiful when the sun set comes out
I love living here
How long have you lived here?
I live their for my whole life. A lot of money tho-
True that!
Same
Nice! What do you like about it?@@darkryxs
Beach
Some great beaches that’s for sure!
Weather ? I don’t know what it like. I got 2 jobs to keep up with my rent here aren’t no time for that.
That is a challenge for sure! At some point if you are working so hard to be able to live somewhere and can’t enjoy where you live that’s not quality of life either 😕
Lived here my whole life.
nice!
Not the world but the ENTIRE world
Gotta love Americans exaggeration of Everything
I Love Santa Barbara!
Me too! how long have you been in town?
The end shot of BIG SUR😂
Everyone is welcome. - love the tourists , love the students - grateful for the immigrant workers , thankful to be able to afford living here. Simply will leave when it’s unaffordable.
Love this comment. Thanks!
Also, dont just Live Here, come enroll here too.
Westmont College, SBCC and UCSB are some of the Big Schools that can help you plant yourself here.
I recommend Westmont, but also work in UCSB and SBCC housing.
But...I also agree that our city leaders must address the shortage of afforadable housing that endlessly locals and graduates out. I commuted from LA for a long time for work at UCSB; gas was cheaper then.
My wife and I met at Westmont about 20 years ago! There are some great schools in the area for sure.
Its like any other place. Good parts and bad parts. I love it here tho
Definitely 👍🏻
I live in Santa Barbra
Nice!
Me who’s lived in and around SB for me entire life just now finding out it’s a tourist destination.
haha, yep, definitely a popular vacation spot! Tourism is one of our biggest industries
I live there
Nice! How do you like it?
good, though the hot wheather is a bit intense sometimes@@Daniel_Zia
Seems like it has been getting a bit warmer!
@@Daniel_ZiaNah, it's been getting a lot cooler. Last summer was a scorcher, but we really didn't have much of a summer this year and now we're entering Fall and it's getting even cooler.
I really like Santa Barbara, it's a very beautiful city, but it's very expensive to live in.
No wonder SB is getting out of control . Internet really ruins the good things of life
in what way?
I love living in Santa Barbara. But houses are way to expensive.
Housing definitely is expensive…
@@Daniel_Zia And by expensive you mean way over priced. Welcome to you new 1.1m 2 bed 1 bath home that hasn't ever been renovated and needs a roof.
As a local, please dont move here, it gets outrageously hot during the summer, in fact, the hottest recorded temperature was here at around 130 degrees, expensive rent and jobs with shit pay.
There is a story that it hit 133 degrees back in June 17th in 18590--yes, 1859! IF that was true, it's not reflective of current weather. I've been in town for over 20 years and I'm not sure it has even topped 100. We do complain about the weather though because we get spoiled it's always in the low 70's so it hits mid to high 80's and we are sweating as our bodies have adjusted to that temperature. Nothing like Las Vegas or other locations where you regularly get 110+ degree temperatures
During the summer it’s usually around 70 dude, Goleta is even colder.
@@Daniel_Zialast summer was over 100 a couple of days
Negative.. the highest it gets here is like 85-90 and that’s only a week out of the year.
@@marcusellison6124 Honestly, the hottest it’s ever gotten here was the 80’s, and that’s a pretty lucky number. It’s usually freezing ass cold, not to mention Goleta.
And it is EXPENSIVE AS FUCK to live here. Not sure how the average person is living here. It is in a HUGE housing crisis and it is just getting worse. So, if you are a politician, movie star, doctor than SB is for you.
Only way average income earners can live here is if they have been "grandfathered" in. My family has been in the same house for over 30 years.
@@Tiltrotortech fax. I could never buy today the house I bought in SB in 2016. I barley got it done in 2016. And my tax base is relatively low… $850 a month In property tax, which is low … which sounds crazy
I live with my parents and have zero fucking chance of affording a place here myself. Cheapest place to live is in the harbor. My 45 foot boat cost me 760 a month to live on it with free water and power, but the boat was 75000 and the harbor slip was about 150000
You're right. It's a major advantage to have family in town who purchased housing years ago to help with the cost of housing. @@Tiltrotortech
Housing appreciation has been massive. That combined with high interest rates has priced out a lot of great people :(@@colewildenhus7207
I live where you vacation 👌
Yes!
And one of the highest homeless populations, per capita
And highest crime rate; higher than Santa Maria.
2000 for a shared room come on down
Yep definitely expensive
its a sunny place with a lot of shady people
Can confirm.
I'm sorry you have had that experience!
Who? Ellen? 😂
Born and raised here, founding family. We are just hitting the hot weather, end of Aug, Sept and Oct. It is foggy throughout the normal summer time for the rest of the country. It was 80 today (09/10) and humid around 60-70%. But super expensive to live here. Gotta love it ❤
I’m glad you are still calling Santa Barbara home!
Never moved away ❤
Pretty sure things were "founded" before your ancestors ever stepped off the may flower. 😅
I live there don’t come there’s to many homeless it’s just sad that we can’t go anywhere without being watched
So the first scene is the beach of Carpinteria which is about 11 miles south of SB. The bridge scene is up in Big Sur not even in SB County! Hmmmm?
Hmmm... A beautiful beach minutes south of SB. 😲 super typical to include a destination in a video like this. Bay Area video with the Golden Gate, despite it being hours away. And ya know the rest of the video... Covers SB. But you just ignore that...Hmmmm 😂
I am on a trip in Santa Barbra rn
My phone is spying on me ahhh
😂
I did meet John Finn! At the 65th anniversary of the attack, in Honolulu. I was there with my father, who was also a survivor of the attack, and several family members.
Thanks for the comment!
I live in Santa Barbara right now. I’m at my house I was born in Sacramento lived there for nine years. I’m 10 years old. Santa Barbara is a beautiful place. There’s so much stuff to do. It has the perfect weather there’s really good schools there’s delicious foods there’s a beach shopping at State Street, never ends
Thanks for commenting!
I've had a lot of fun on this thread. Bottom line is people are selfish if they want to live here but don't want anyone else to.
My response to most of the comments on this post is : Grow up, look at the positive, move if you dislike so much about SB and volunteer to help the homeless¡
My favorite comment of the whole thread! Thanks for taking the time to share 😁. Agreed!
the weather part is off .
what's your experience?
So the scene with the really nice beach is actually Carpinteria. Born and raised in the 805!
Love Carp beach! Used to run on the sand and swim in the ocean 3/week in college when I lived in Carp
@@Daniel_Zia Grew up in carp and still live here. Feel like I'm always on vacation!🤣
And the last shot is Big Sur
❤❤ I love livening here
What do you enjoy most about it?
sb is the best i live here
I agree!
I live in Santa Barbara. It's nice but going the way of the Liberal. Businesses are leaving and homelessness is getting out of control with crime on the rise. I lived in SF for most of my life and SB's on track to look the same. Shame, because it is beautiful here.
Like a lot of california It is about 2 to 1 democrat vs republican. 🤷. The homelessness breaks my heart but Santa Barbara is much better than a lot of other cities both in ca and out of state
The liberals are usually the ones that create and fight for good changes like gender and racial equality, and civil rights.
God forbid people are different than you.
Born and raised love my hometown but all my friends here passing away from the drug epidemic if your planning on moving here make sure to keep your kids away from the wrong crowds I remember when my town used to be fun now I’m scared to look at my phone just had a really good friend pass last week to drugs please whatever you do keep your kids safe here town is too small with all the drugs going around
I think drugs are a problem many places... I wonder if the legalization of marijuana has increased or decreased teen drug use??
It's expensive as hell to live its popular houses are expensive
True that. It definitely is expensive. No way to slice it any other way.
I live an hour north of Santa Barbara.. I love the weather , we’ll besides the immigrants and high cost of living it’s great.. 😂
I live there our normal summer weather is 100 degrees and winter is half cloudy and always 40 degrees in morning and 69 degrees in afternoon and 30 degrees at night. But still nice place
Hmm… this doesn’t seem to be true info. I would google Santa Barbara weather and verify this comment. I’ve been here 20 years and there have been very very few 30 or 100 degree moments
Don’t come! It sucks! Foggy three months out of the year. Stay where you are.
A lot of locals sure seem to say stay away…
Foggy is good, nice and cool, more like foggy for 6 months, refreshing from you 90 degree weather.
Guess you will be leaving soon oldwave! 👋🏻
@@Rabbit23 Nope. Sorry…. The family bought 14 acres and has been here since ‘64. You’ll be moving to Bakersfield when you realize your dreams of owning a home here are impossible for you. 😂
@@oldwave6106what family? I just figure some one who complains on a thread like this must not like living here. And I don't plan on buying a house here, or staying here, I come and go. I am going to go over crowd another once small town because change happens, people move.
Heaven
😀
It’s almost always cloudy. Cloudy wet winter, April showers, May grey, June gloom, July fog.
Really? Interesting perspective that doesn’t match the reported weather. We have had a more wet than usual year this year which has made the hiking some of the most beautiful it’s ever been!
I live in SB many years now, but it’s not the same as before (10) years ago. The beauty of the land and ocean still holds its beauty.
The old money is gone as well as the people . The overgrowth of people and apartments has taken away the magic. But SB will remain beautiful.
Density is tough... 🙁
Born and raised love it here!
Nice!
seems like everyone is moving down there too especially east siders
we also have a number of people moving out of the area for cheaper housing or more land
Last couple of clips are not sb. Don’t forget to mention the 2-4 months of fog 😎
We have had some more recently for sure!
I live in carpinteria
Nice
I was fortunate to spend my 20’s in SB (am 40 now & live elsewhere in CA) at a time when it was still affordable. I had an adorable 1bd rm house just a couple blocks from Paseo Nuevo mall downtown & paid just $1,000mo. Unheard of now. It was great while it lasted & I made awesome memories but I’m by no means rich & couldn’t afford it now. Also, some other comments I read were correct, the locals tend
to be pompous & arrogant!
Now being only 45 minutes away it’s still a lovely place to spend an afternoon. It’s also a very pet friendly place 👍🏼
I’m from Ventura! Love SB
Ventura is great as well!
I only live an HR away and I'll never be able to afford to live there 😢
It's super expensive!
I mean with that attitude you won't. If you do.
Born and raised 🎉
Half of these shots are not of SB
It’s already miserably expensive to live here and the streets are full of people who have been gentrified out of their homes by people like you.
After having lived throughout the world I can tell you that Santa Barbara weather is not what it used to be. Fifty years ago it was great. Today, it’s too hot, and way too humid. Vacancy rates for apartments are less than 1% so good luck with that. The two schools here (UCSB & SBCC) suck up all available housing. The local government useless, and the local sheriff misrepresents the crime stats. If you want to move here just “ bring money.” You can’t get paid enough to live here if you’re still working for a living. Santa Barbara-for newly weds and the nearly dead.
It always used to be better. 😂
What an interesting perspective! Where do you live now?
born and raised in SB
Nice! How was your experience?
@Daniel_Zia it was good and I had a pretty good life there
@@PigRat38isgoatednice! Where are you settled now?
@@Daniel_Zianow i'm living in Los Angeles, but it's not very far away from Santa Barbara
I live there for six years
nice!
It's not always sunny. If it is. Mainly will be mid-day 😊
When it's not on fire....
California does get wild fires for sure. Definitely a factor
No it’s not I live in Santa Barbara county we haven’t had sun most of the year is been hazy since march. We get a day many 2 of clear sunny sunny weather a week and it’s usually about 2 or 3pm when that happens.
Hmm... interesting. WHere in SB county do you live? I know just within an 8 miles radius of Santa Barbara we have so many different microclimates where the same moment of the time can see as much as a 10-15 degree temperature swing and a big difference with fog vs sun.
My neighbor across the street is selling his 2 bedroom home (1,100sq feet) for over 1million and you got homeless people sleeping down the street
It's wild and heartbreaking at the same time
It would be nice if more wealthy people cared about the homeless.
It’s actually 8 months of cold rain ☔️
haha
What?. I love rain so I know you are selling BS. Oh...just caught on. 😂
Beautiful
Agreed!
Santa Barbara CA • model capital of the world
What do you mean by that?
@@Daniel_Zia pretty girls live there
@@PInk77W1well that’s true for sure. I met my wife here and I sure appreciate how she looks 😁
@@Daniel_Zia
I heard it somewhere years ago. Don’t remember where. I started with
Caltrans in Santa Barbara 1990. Now I’m retired in Tx.
Texas sure is a lot cheaper!
Santa Barbara is the best place for homeless people to come so pack your bags , shopping carts, vans busses or shit box cars and head on over to Santa Barbara. No seriously this is where all the snobs live so you can get some cash easily and the parks are and recreation areas are a great place too hang out!!!!!
Where do you live?