Ventura (San Buenaventura), California

Courtesy of Ventura, CA Visitors & Convention Bureau

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liv score
619
How We Calculate Our Data
Civics 61
Demographics 61
Economy 59
Education 68
Health 65
Housing 66
Infrastructure 51

#33. Ventura, CA

To get an understanding of why Venture is one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live, just look at the city’s excellent health-care system, collection of five colleges that add a youthful energy and the highly ranked schools that draw many new parents to move here. Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura, holds one of the top surfing spots in the country, Surfer’s Point.

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