Reply #3: I moved to Santa Barbara shortly after I graduated

[AutumnMist]

high school. At the time we shared a small, very cramped two bedroom and one bathroom bungalow for almost 1200 a month. That was a bargain unless you went into Lompoc and tried to find something off the beaten path circa 1989. It was off of state street and I had three roommates. I really do sympathize with this woman. I transferred colleges because I couldn't make it there financially. There is no middle class in Santa Barbara left. You either live in Montecito or you suffer trying to make it work. The city itself needs to provide housing that people can afford. Even single wide mobile homes on nothing for a lot sell for insane amounts and the city looks the other way. As does our state of California.

Wanting to just choose to live in a city is not greed. Choosing to live in a 7.5 million dollar home while others live in a car is.