Ancestors...Island of the Blue Dolphins is a wonderful book for young people. I read it in the 60's. Grew up in Southern Calif. One of the first families and we are buried in the first rows at the Mission San Gabriel.
Lived in Santa Barbara for a number of years while attending photography school, the main campus was in a manse on a hilltop in Montecito, the Graholm Estate. Really enjoyed living there, such a unique city filled with history & wonderful weather and plenty of things to do there.
I lived in Santa Barbara for seven years. I loved it up until the spell it cast on me wore off and I remembered nothing's perfect. It looks the way it does because municipal code dictates not only what can be built and where, but also precisely how it must look and blend in with everything around it. The level of control the city government exerts over aesthetic details would make Walt Disney jealous (even billboards are illegal). It's beautiful beyond words but that conceals numerous problems that the rich white people can't control despite all their wealth and power. It seems like paradise when you arrive, but the undrinkably hard municipal water supply and incessant air pollution (smog from LA and year-round pollen) coupled with seasonal wildfires (falling ash and blinding smoke for weeks or months at a time, sometimes numerous times a year) eventually take their toll on you even if your house never quite burns down. It may not rain often, but don't be fooled into thinking it's always sunny - the "May Gray" and "June Gloom" provide several months each year of reliably foggy and cloudy weather. The cost of real estate rivals New York and San Francisco, yet rats are a chronic and significant problem in even the poshest neighborhoods. The town's long-term residents include a Smithsonian-level collection of old hippies and burnouts, and you will find embodiments of every kind of California cliché imaginable there... all entertaining until their novelty fades. Also, the town proudly offsets its lack of diversity with egregious levels of cultural appropriation. I hesitate to say that everything in Santa Barbara is fake, but it's definitely far too cultivated to be real. It's kind of like living in a dream (and occasionally a nightmare). That said, I have a lot of fond memories of my time there, and though I still miss it sometimes I'm glad I don't live there anymore.
This Georgia girl has family in Santa Barbara and as an Army brat, I've been to lots of places, Santa Barbara being one of my VERY FAVORITE! Bitchin' story!!!
I live in this perfect little heaven...it's the longest love affair I've ever had with any thing. It's like a very attractive person...with an amazing brain.
You mean the epitome of greed and opulence? The Chumash had all if their land stolen and were forced to the Eastern side of the Santa Barbara mountains. New age conquistadors now reside in Santa Barbara
Never the total truth just the official narrative hundreds of years from now history books will show the same-the real truths that we live and see won’t be a part of that especially if they unflattering to the establishment. Nothing new under the sun 🌞
That’s actually the fourth built Mission. The third was destroyed by waves that came in after an earthquakes hense why the Mission is located so far from the Ocean and on an incline. If your gonna do the history of my town please get it right
I was born and raised there . Santa Barbara will never allow that to happen. Carpinteria Beach town and Monticito are very proud and protect their lands and beaches. It's beautiful but too expensive for me is why I left .
Ancestors...Island of the Blue Dolphins is a wonderful book for young people. I read it in the 60's. Grew up in Southern Calif. One of the first families and we are buried in the first rows at the Mission San Gabriel.
Island Of The Blue Dolphins. Such a memorable book. I read it during the 1960s as well.
My family has been here since the presidio was built. I love it here.
Blessings to Saint Barbara and the land🦾
Lived in Santa Barbara for a number of years while attending photography school, the main campus was in a manse on a hilltop in Montecito, the Graholm Estate. Really enjoyed living there, such a unique city filled with history & wonderful weather and plenty of things to do there.
Beautiful landscape and beautiful city. Wonder how visitors come to visit there.
great show.
Yes. I love it there.
I lived in Santa Barbara for seven years. I loved it up until the spell it cast on me wore off and I remembered nothing's perfect. It looks the way it does because municipal code dictates not only what can be built and where, but also precisely how it must look and blend in with everything around it. The level of control the city government exerts over aesthetic details would make Walt Disney jealous (even billboards are illegal). It's beautiful beyond words but that conceals numerous problems that the rich white people can't control despite all their wealth and power. It seems like paradise when you arrive, but the undrinkably hard municipal water supply and incessant air pollution (smog from LA and year-round pollen) coupled with seasonal wildfires (falling ash and blinding smoke for weeks or months at a time, sometimes numerous times a year) eventually take their toll on you even if your house never quite burns down. It may not rain often, but don't be fooled into thinking it's always sunny - the "May Gray" and "June Gloom" provide several months each year of reliably foggy and cloudy weather. The cost of real estate rivals New York and San Francisco, yet rats are a chronic and significant problem in even the poshest neighborhoods. The town's long-term residents include a Smithsonian-level collection of old hippies and burnouts, and you will find embodiments of every kind of California cliché imaginable there... all entertaining until their novelty fades. Also, the town proudly offsets its lack of diversity with egregious levels of cultural appropriation. I hesitate to say that everything in Santa Barbara is fake, but it's definitely far too cultivated to be real. It's kind of like living in a dream (and occasionally a nightmare). That said, I have a lot of fond memories of my time there, and though I still miss it sometimes I'm glad I don't live there anymore.
Wow. Someone’s salty 😂
This Georgia girl has family in Santa Barbara and as an Army brat, I've been to lots of places, Santa Barbara being one of my VERY FAVORITE! Bitchin' story!!!
I live in this perfect little heaven...it's the longest love affair I've ever had with any thing.
It's like a very attractive person...with an amazing brain.
Sadly, this city also has crazy high rent. Very hard to find affordable housing, barely anything under $2000
Amen.
You mean the epitome of greed and opulence?
The Chumash had all if their land stolen and were forced to the Eastern side of the Santa Barbara mountains.
New age conquistadors now reside in Santa Barbara
Never the total truth just the official narrative hundreds of years from now history books will show the same-the real truths that we live and see won’t be a part of that especially if they unflattering to the establishment. Nothing new under the sun 🌞
Whiny natives. Build a casino.
Nobody living there today did any of that, grow up
@@fullmetalroyal1216 you missed the point. Carry on smh
@@RainsWorldVegasSlots I'll carry on speaking truths ✋
That’s actually the fourth built Mission. The third was destroyed by waves that came in after an earthquakes hense why the Mission is located so far from the Ocean and on an incline. If your gonna do the history of my town please get it right
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Missing closed captions/subtitles for accessibility.
Yes, captions on, check top right side!
@@j.l.5935 It was fixed after I commented, thanks. And the position of settings depends on the device you're using.
WAAAY too short.
SANTA BARBARA WAS THE BEST SOAP OPERA!!
: the Spanish invaded
Evangelical Sermon
Book of Matthew.
Appalachian Trail Club
The stars.
"Sirius is like a crab."
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Ehh. Give it 10 years, and SB will be just another LA suburb, just like Pasadena, Orange County, and Palm Springs.
I was born and raised there . Santa Barbara will never allow that to happen. Carpinteria Beach town and Monticito are very proud and protect their lands and beaches. It's beautiful but too expensive for me is why I left .