I spent 6 years in this town, it has very favorable ratios, and a few days out of the year the downtown is just one big party(Old Spanish days, which is NOW, and Halloween). I will also give a brief writeup for Isla Vista, the Beach suburb of UCSB.
The Skinny
It is a beach town where the women take pride in showing skin comparable to San Diego, but not to the extent of Miami. One of the biggest complaints of women in this town, is that there is a shortage of men. This leads to favorable ratios for the most part. The downside: it is a good place to retire, not really a lot of job growth, mostly a college town and a lot of retirees
The main reason I am writing this: right now(until August 4th) it is Old Spanish Days, a lot of local Spanish themed events like parades, but at night literally ALL of the clubs will be packed and have good ratios. I would suggest just picking one and getting in line. The only better time to visit would be Halloween, where it is even more crowded, the tourists and locals turn downtown state street into their own parade.
The clubs
Most of the clubs are in downtown state street area. Wildcat Lounge: good for dancing, usually crowded- if you like to run dance game, you will like this place.
James Joyce, more of a bar than a dance club, but a good place to kick back and drink.
O'Malleys tavern, another good place to drink, they usually won't have live bands, but will surely have a DJ and dancing on the weekends
Sharkeez, more of a sports bar, they have a good $2 taco tuesday and every day happy hours and had good promotions- some nights would bring in girls from the local sororities to work as bar tenders.
Mel's, a lot of the locals come here to do their drinking. During the day, you will see more of the older demographic drinking here, but can still be worth checking out on a friday night
Elsie's: I swear the owners seem to want to keep this place as unknown as possible. More of a lounge, they have comfortable booths, ping pong, pacman and galaga arcade machines and a very chilled out vibe overall. I don't think I have ever seen it super busy but somehow they stay in business. No dancing but if you like to make approaches in a very subdued environment, this could be a good place for you.
For students, Thursdays would usually have no cover if you brought your student ID, not sure is that is still the case but from googling, it sounds like it. If you live in Isla Vista, take the Bill's Bus(sponsored by the local bars) so you don't have to worry about DUIs. Bill's bus isn't a bad place to run game on girls so long as they aren't throwing up on the bus.(that definitely happens). Or if you are riding it on the way there, you can practice running game on the girls on the bus as a warm up. Definitely drink before you get on the bus because if you are a student, drinking in a club can be expensive.
Hotels/hostels
Banana Bungalow no longer has a hostel here, a pity because it was very close to all the bars. Looks like "santa barbara tourist hostel" and "Lena cottages" are the local hostels that are close to the bars and will be cheap, but a crowded dorm.
Depending on the season, the downtown motel 6 may be as much as $200(ouch), and the swanky hotels by the beach will of course be even more.
You can always sleep in your car, then go to a gym like gold's gym and get your workout and shower.
If you like going to the beaches, you will like Santa Barbara during the day.
For the Students, if you are a freshman, you will likely want to live on campus, and get a bicycle. that is going to be your main mode of transportation and get a U Lock and always lock your bike to a rack so it won't get gaffed.
The campus itself is a great place to make approaches during the day. Stick to the humanities and social sciences buildings for that though, the sciences aren't going to be as good.
There are many ways to socialize at UCSB, the greek scene isn't big like UCLA as a result. If you are over 21, you will definitely want to be going downtown to party it up. If you are under 21, you can always walk del playa on friday and saturday nights. It is a sea of people and lots of garage bands. It is extremely difficult to pick up women you don't know while walking DP on a saturday or friday because the women have their bitch shields up and are mostly wary. However, you will run into women you sort of know from classes and social circles or work and that is definitely the time to run game on these women when they are in some level of inebriation.
Take your dates to sands beach to watch the sun go down. do not try to drive out to sands, you will get a parking ticket, just take bikes.
I highly recommend intramural sports(hopefully these are still offered at UCSB). Sign up for a co-ed basketball team or soccer team if that is your game.
There are a lot of social clubs, whatever you like to do, there is likely a club on campus for you. Heck, they even have an anime club, lots of asian women in that if that is your cup of tea.
As for Isla vista bars, study Hall is still in business. Most of the burrito shops serve beer. The coffee shops usually are pretty crowded with good looking women, so if you like to run game in coffee shops, have at it.
If you have work study, get hooked up with an easy job the first week of campus because the good jobs will be taken up quickly. This can be a great way to learn the campus and also meet women.
do your laundry at bubbles and beans in isla vista, drink your coffee while your laundry washes itself and there are always cute hotties doing the same just waiting to be approached.
i probably have forgotten a ton, but this is a good start, anyone can feel free to add to this.(I will likely make a separate write up for halloween, the santa barbara halloween festivities sometimes get the school voted as "#1 party school in america" by playboy among others. This is a lot longer than I originally intended, hopefully some of you will find it useful. Ask questions if you have any.
The Skinny
It is a beach town where the women take pride in showing skin comparable to San Diego, but not to the extent of Miami. One of the biggest complaints of women in this town, is that there is a shortage of men. This leads to favorable ratios for the most part. The downside: it is a good place to retire, not really a lot of job growth, mostly a college town and a lot of retirees
The main reason I am writing this: right now(until August 4th) it is Old Spanish Days, a lot of local Spanish themed events like parades, but at night literally ALL of the clubs will be packed and have good ratios. I would suggest just picking one and getting in line. The only better time to visit would be Halloween, where it is even more crowded, the tourists and locals turn downtown state street into their own parade.
The clubs
Most of the clubs are in downtown state street area. Wildcat Lounge: good for dancing, usually crowded- if you like to run dance game, you will like this place.
James Joyce, more of a bar than a dance club, but a good place to kick back and drink.
O'Malleys tavern, another good place to drink, they usually won't have live bands, but will surely have a DJ and dancing on the weekends
Sharkeez, more of a sports bar, they have a good $2 taco tuesday and every day happy hours and had good promotions- some nights would bring in girls from the local sororities to work as bar tenders.
Mel's, a lot of the locals come here to do their drinking. During the day, you will see more of the older demographic drinking here, but can still be worth checking out on a friday night
Elsie's: I swear the owners seem to want to keep this place as unknown as possible. More of a lounge, they have comfortable booths, ping pong, pacman and galaga arcade machines and a very chilled out vibe overall. I don't think I have ever seen it super busy but somehow they stay in business. No dancing but if you like to make approaches in a very subdued environment, this could be a good place for you.
For students, Thursdays would usually have no cover if you brought your student ID, not sure is that is still the case but from googling, it sounds like it. If you live in Isla Vista, take the Bill's Bus(sponsored by the local bars) so you don't have to worry about DUIs. Bill's bus isn't a bad place to run game on girls so long as they aren't throwing up on the bus.(that definitely happens). Or if you are riding it on the way there, you can practice running game on the girls on the bus as a warm up. Definitely drink before you get on the bus because if you are a student, drinking in a club can be expensive.
Hotels/hostels
Banana Bungalow no longer has a hostel here, a pity because it was very close to all the bars. Looks like "santa barbara tourist hostel" and "Lena cottages" are the local hostels that are close to the bars and will be cheap, but a crowded dorm.
Depending on the season, the downtown motel 6 may be as much as $200(ouch), and the swanky hotels by the beach will of course be even more.
You can always sleep in your car, then go to a gym like gold's gym and get your workout and shower.
If you like going to the beaches, you will like Santa Barbara during the day.
For the Students, if you are a freshman, you will likely want to live on campus, and get a bicycle. that is going to be your main mode of transportation and get a U Lock and always lock your bike to a rack so it won't get gaffed.
The campus itself is a great place to make approaches during the day. Stick to the humanities and social sciences buildings for that though, the sciences aren't going to be as good.
There are many ways to socialize at UCSB, the greek scene isn't big like UCLA as a result. If you are over 21, you will definitely want to be going downtown to party it up. If you are under 21, you can always walk del playa on friday and saturday nights. It is a sea of people and lots of garage bands. It is extremely difficult to pick up women you don't know while walking DP on a saturday or friday because the women have their bitch shields up and are mostly wary. However, you will run into women you sort of know from classes and social circles or work and that is definitely the time to run game on these women when they are in some level of inebriation.
Take your dates to sands beach to watch the sun go down. do not try to drive out to sands, you will get a parking ticket, just take bikes.
I highly recommend intramural sports(hopefully these are still offered at UCSB). Sign up for a co-ed basketball team or soccer team if that is your game.
There are a lot of social clubs, whatever you like to do, there is likely a club on campus for you. Heck, they even have an anime club, lots of asian women in that if that is your cup of tea.
As for Isla vista bars, study Hall is still in business. Most of the burrito shops serve beer. The coffee shops usually are pretty crowded with good looking women, so if you like to run game in coffee shops, have at it.
If you have work study, get hooked up with an easy job the first week of campus because the good jobs will be taken up quickly. This can be a great way to learn the campus and also meet women.
do your laundry at bubbles and beans in isla vista, drink your coffee while your laundry washes itself and there are always cute hotties doing the same just waiting to be approached.
i probably have forgotten a ton, but this is a good start, anyone can feel free to add to this.(I will likely make a separate write up for halloween, the santa barbara halloween festivities sometimes get the school voted as "#1 party school in america" by playboy among others. This is a lot longer than I originally intended, hopefully some of you will find it useful. Ask questions if you have any.