the truth is, cali has the best weed in the world. nowadays, socal gets herb just as good as norcal (especially when it comes from there , but mainly because of people growing indoors). as far as santa barbara goes.. if you're looking for good herb, you'll be okay. if you're looking for parties, ucsb and sbcc kids party all the time.. noone really graduates from santa barbara. it goes: ucsb, sbcc, and then eventually to some not so much party school if you actually wanna graduate heheheh