Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:i live in santa barbara and love dcum. of course i would choose santa fe because i’ve never been, but santa barbara really is lovely. downtown is pretty seedy these days and not as elegant as it used to be, but plenty else to see and do.
What makes it seedy? I was there last summer over the 4th of July and never felt that way.
the vagrants have become entrenched on and around state street. certain sections smell of urine. lots of store vacancies. upscale stores such as saks pulled out and were replaced with off 5th, marshalls, h&m etc. you would have never seen a discount store uptown 10 or 15 years ago. strangely there’s been a switch - lower state street which used to be a no-go zone has been redeveloped and is quite nice and hip now.