V.V.
got accepted to UCSB. i don't know anything about it's environment.
where are all the restaurant, shopping districts, communities, jobs, markets, etc???
for anyone who lives near or in Santa Barbara, this question is for you!!! describe what SB is like.
Answer
Congratulations on getting accepted to UCSB!
As a student, you get to ride the bus for free. This is a great service; the two main places you will probably go are (1) downtown and (2) the Camino Real Marketplace.
Downtown has nice shops including independent ones (like Aaron Brothers, which is a craft store), and bigger, more well-known ones (Forever 21, Old Navy, Gap, Nordstroms, Macy's, Borders, Barnes & Nobles, PinkSwirl, Yogurtland, Coldstones, Vans, Papyrus, Sephora, and Victoria's Secret to name a few). There are multiple movie theaters, a museum, and churches. Google map is really useful: look up "State St., Santa Barbara" and it will show you a bunch of shops along the main street. http://www.santabarbaradowntown.com/ has a list of shops and restaurants. The food is good downtown. My friends have been to the crepe place & really liked it.
Camino has the nicest movie theater; it also has KMart, Costco, Albertson's, Home Depot, and McD's to name a few. There's also a Pho place and Jack in the Box by Kmart (which is across from the movie theater area). Check out http://www.caminorealmarketplace.com/. I think they have a Farmer's Market every Saturday. You could also bike here, but it's a lot easier to bus (especially if you have a lot of stuff!).
There aren't any malls around here. There isn't a Target, either.
IV also has places to eat and buy things. You can walk or bike there since all the shops are pretty close to campus. Good food, especially Silvergreens (a sandwich place), Blenders (a smoothie place, like Jamba Juice), the Bagel Cafe, and Java Jones (a coffee shop). There are also the Co-Op (natural food) and the IV Market (a convenience store), frozen yogurt, Indian food (Naan Stop), American Food, a pasta place, Starbucks, a bar, a pizza place (Woodstocks), a Mexican food place (Freebirds), and more.
We have something called the UCen on campus which has Wendy's, a Mexican food place, Panda Express, Dominos, a coffee/tea place, the bookstore, and Jamba Juice. There is also a candy store (The Corner Store). None of this stuff is open on Sunday, though.
We also have something called the Arbor (near the library) which has Subway, Woodstocks, and a convenience store.
If you have a car, there is an In & Out nearby.
But most likely you will be eating in the dining commons for the majority of your first year. It's not bad, but dinner could probably be better. Lunch is delicious, though!
A couple other things worth mentioning: Santa Barbara is kinda isolated from major cities. To get to LAX by bus (the Santa Barbara AirBus, which is super nice), it's $44 one-way (if I'm not mistaken). Flying out of the Santa Barbara Airport is expensive. It's also really small. Once you get past the security gate, there aren't any bathrooms or eateries. There is one main sit-down restaurant there. It takes about 5 min to get there by bus for free from UCSB. Taxis are kinda expensive here. LA is about 2 hrs away by driving, and the Bay Area is about 5.
A lot of people have on-campus jobs, like working in the dining commons, library, Student Resource Building (as a tutor or desk attendant, for example), the Stress Peer Office (which manages the egg and massage chair), the Rec Cen (our gym), and resident halls (as RA's). More on jobs: http://career.ucsb.edu/students/job_search/job_links.html
Weather is great. We have four basic conditions: sunny, overcast, rainy, and windy. When it rains here, it dumps (meaning: rainboots and a raincoat would be a good idea). But when it's sunny, so many people go to the beach (which is literally 5 minutes from some dorms) or lay out on the grass. Usually high 60s to low 70s. We also have Goleta Beach, which isn't too far from campus. A lot of people surf off of the beaches near campus. I've seen people sail, kayak, and fly kites, too.
We have cool events going on all the time, including Extravaganza (which is coming up really soon here), and the residence halls have an All-Hall Talent Show, All Hall Brawl, and All Hall Ball every year. Check out https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/index.aspx for more events.
If you haven't already, I would really recommend checking into UCSB's FSSP (a six week program during the summer before most freshmen enter the university). I did it & loved it.
Hope that helped!
Congratulations on getting accepted to UCSB!
As a student, you get to ride the bus for free. This is a great service; the two main places you will probably go are (1) downtown and (2) the Camino Real Marketplace.
Downtown has nice shops including independent ones (like Aaron Brothers, which is a craft store), and bigger, more well-known ones (Forever 21, Old Navy, Gap, Nordstroms, Macy's, Borders, Barnes & Nobles, PinkSwirl, Yogurtland, Coldstones, Vans, Papyrus, Sephora, and Victoria's Secret to name a few). There are multiple movie theaters, a museum, and churches. Google map is really useful: look up "State St., Santa Barbara" and it will show you a bunch of shops along the main street. http://www.santabarbaradowntown.com/ has a list of shops and restaurants. The food is good downtown. My friends have been to the crepe place & really liked it.
Camino has the nicest movie theater; it also has KMart, Costco, Albertson's, Home Depot, and McD's to name a few. There's also a Pho place and Jack in the Box by Kmart (which is across from the movie theater area). Check out http://www.caminorealmarketplace.com/. I think they have a Farmer's Market every Saturday. You could also bike here, but it's a lot easier to bus (especially if you have a lot of stuff!).
There aren't any malls around here. There isn't a Target, either.
IV also has places to eat and buy things. You can walk or bike there since all the shops are pretty close to campus. Good food, especially Silvergreens (a sandwich place), Blenders (a smoothie place, like Jamba Juice), the Bagel Cafe, and Java Jones (a coffee shop). There are also the Co-Op (natural food) and the IV Market (a convenience store), frozen yogurt, Indian food (Naan Stop), American Food, a pasta place, Starbucks, a bar, a pizza place (Woodstocks), a Mexican food place (Freebirds), and more.
We have something called the UCen on campus which has Wendy's, a Mexican food place, Panda Express, Dominos, a coffee/tea place, the bookstore, and Jamba Juice. There is also a candy store (The Corner Store). None of this stuff is open on Sunday, though.
We also have something called the Arbor (near the library) which has Subway, Woodstocks, and a convenience store.
If you have a car, there is an In & Out nearby.
But most likely you will be eating in the dining commons for the majority of your first year. It's not bad, but dinner could probably be better. Lunch is delicious, though!
A couple other things worth mentioning: Santa Barbara is kinda isolated from major cities. To get to LAX by bus (the Santa Barbara AirBus, which is super nice), it's $44 one-way (if I'm not mistaken). Flying out of the Santa Barbara Airport is expensive. It's also really small. Once you get past the security gate, there aren't any bathrooms or eateries. There is one main sit-down restaurant there. It takes about 5 min to get there by bus for free from UCSB. Taxis are kinda expensive here. LA is about 2 hrs away by driving, and the Bay Area is about 5.
A lot of people have on-campus jobs, like working in the dining commons, library, Student Resource Building (as a tutor or desk attendant, for example), the Stress Peer Office (which manages the egg and massage chair), the Rec Cen (our gym), and resident halls (as RA's). More on jobs: http://career.ucsb.edu/students/job_search/job_links.html
Weather is great. We have four basic conditions: sunny, overcast, rainy, and windy. When it rains here, it dumps (meaning: rainboots and a raincoat would be a good idea). But when it's sunny, so many people go to the beach (which is literally 5 minutes from some dorms) or lay out on the grass. Usually high 60s to low 70s. We also have Goleta Beach, which isn't too far from campus. A lot of people surf off of the beaches near campus. I've seen people sail, kayak, and fly kites, too.
We have cool events going on all the time, including Extravaganza (which is coming up really soon here), and the residence halls have an All-Hall Talent Show, All Hall Brawl, and All Hall Ball every year. Check out https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/index.aspx for more events.
If you haven't already, I would really recommend checking into UCSB's FSSP (a six week program during the summer before most freshmen enter the university). I did it & loved it.
Hope that helped!
how much does groceries and furniture cost in beverly hills , california, usa?
Jessica l
estimate the cost
for four people
Answer
It all depends on the family and their needs, desires and budget. One family might prefer to do their shopping at high-end grocery stores like Gelson's and have extravagant taste in furniture, and another that is the same size and also living in Beverly Hills could buy the bulk of their necessities at Costco and IKEA and spend considerably less. My mom, stepdad, four younger siblings and I live in Beverly Hills, and we as well as most families we know buy our groceries from a range of stores rather than exclusively shopping at luxury or budget places. We most often shop at the Trader Joe's in Weho, Whole Foods, Ralph's or Gelson's. I'm not sure how much we spend per month on groceries, but I'm speculating that it would be around $1300 on average for a family of four in Beverly Hills not including lunches at school or dining out.
In my economics class a couple of years ago we studied the consumer expenditures for the major metropolitans in the US, and the average family at the time of the study in 2006 with a household income lesser than $70,000 in the greater Los Angeles area spent around $700 per month, and households with incomes greater than that but lesser than $100,000 spent around $900. Once again, that's one groceries alone. Considering that the average household income is considerably higher in Beverly Hills, it was estimated that the average family there spent $1100 then, so that's why I'm guessing $1200-1300 now.
It's very hard to tell you about the price of furniture without even knowing the size of the house / apartment. A set designer who is a friend of my ex-boyfriend's family recommended that he shop at the furniture stores on Western in Korea Town when he needed to furnish his first-ever apartment, and he was able to get everything for a few thousand dollars. The quality was better than what you'd find at IKEA, but still really affordable for college students like him. Families often shop there as well. On the other side of the spectrum are the stores at the Pacific Design Center and on Robertson and Melrose where a single dining room chair can cost a small fortune. So, depending on where you go and how big your place will be, you could end up spending anywhere from $3000 to several hundred thousand.
~ Peace : )
It all depends on the family and their needs, desires and budget. One family might prefer to do their shopping at high-end grocery stores like Gelson's and have extravagant taste in furniture, and another that is the same size and also living in Beverly Hills could buy the bulk of their necessities at Costco and IKEA and spend considerably less. My mom, stepdad, four younger siblings and I live in Beverly Hills, and we as well as most families we know buy our groceries from a range of stores rather than exclusively shopping at luxury or budget places. We most often shop at the Trader Joe's in Weho, Whole Foods, Ralph's or Gelson's. I'm not sure how much we spend per month on groceries, but I'm speculating that it would be around $1300 on average for a family of four in Beverly Hills not including lunches at school or dining out.
In my economics class a couple of years ago we studied the consumer expenditures for the major metropolitans in the US, and the average family at the time of the study in 2006 with a household income lesser than $70,000 in the greater Los Angeles area spent around $700 per month, and households with incomes greater than that but lesser than $100,000 spent around $900. Once again, that's one groceries alone. Considering that the average household income is considerably higher in Beverly Hills, it was estimated that the average family there spent $1100 then, so that's why I'm guessing $1200-1300 now.
It's very hard to tell you about the price of furniture without even knowing the size of the house / apartment. A set designer who is a friend of my ex-boyfriend's family recommended that he shop at the furniture stores on Western in Korea Town when he needed to furnish his first-ever apartment, and he was able to get everything for a few thousand dollars. The quality was better than what you'd find at IKEA, but still really affordable for college students like him. Families often shop there as well. On the other side of the spectrum are the stores at the Pacific Design Center and on Robertson and Melrose where a single dining room chair can cost a small fortune. So, depending on where you go and how big your place will be, you could end up spending anywhere from $3000 to several hundred thousand.
~ Peace : )
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