Is Sacramento, CA a good place to move to?

Answer 1

I moved to Citrus Heights which is part of the Sacramento metro just over a year ago and I like it a lot. there are some bad areas but I dont think as bad as some cities. I have more of a sense of community here than I did living in Davis which is supposed to be this great, small town to live in. plus there is just about everything here you could want. Shopping, pro sports, art galleries, good schools including community colleges and Sac State University. We are close to the mountian for all kinds of outdoor activities, Reno, theres Indian casinos nearby if you like to gamble and dont want to go to Reno, just a couple of hours to the bay area and the ocean and about 6 to 7 hours to LA.

Answer 2

PROS
- Trees everywhere
- Delta breeze
- Earthquakes aren't a problem
- Be more cultured, there isn't a lack of museums and galleries
- Sporting options aren't far, from national, minor, and individual options with facilities to accomodate anyone.
- Diversity, there are a lot of ethnic communities in the region...
- This contributes to a plethora of restaurants and dining options also
- Educational, career, and intellectual persuits are plenty with the regional universities and college systems
- Going 65 on the highway really means 80
- Parking downtown isn't as bad or expensive as other major metropolitan areas
- You don't get a shack to live in for half a million dollars
- Right in the middle of everything. The rivers, the valley, and about an hour to the Bay, the same goes for the Sierra
- Close to a few Indian Casinos without going to Nevada
- You probably can live rich out of state if you sell your home here
- State jobs which are pretty chill
- Retaining historical places and history, we have tunnels!
- State Fair and other local cultural annual events ie: Jazz Jubilee, Festival de la Familia, and the Pacific Rim Festival
- The people are generally just nicer
- Its the residents that keep, improve, and make the city's characteristc
- Always expanding, changing, and adapting

CONS
- If you are walking more than 10 minutes, a car is definately recommended, besides all the SUVs that most seem to own
- There was a field there the other day, now it is either a road or houses, sprawl is everywhere
- You probably met your neighbors at least once
- Lack of nightlife but it is growing slowly
- Close to a few Indian Casinos without going to Nevada
(for me at least)
- Summers that resemble the African Sahara
- Winter fog, or is it smog caused by the inversion layer?
- Speaking of which, pollution caused by the surrounding mountains and increase of people moving here and driving through sprawl to get somewhere
- All major highways including 5, 50, 80 & 99 @ 6-10AM & 3-7PM because people have never seen a disabled car before!
- Commute takes an hour when you live 10 miles away
- From all the migrants from the Bay and other areas, there is a lack of more upscale places for consumerism
- Downtown is like the abandoned mining towns of the Gold Rush era at night
- Risk of flooding from antiqidated levee systems. Earth and soil cannot match steel and concrete as the levees in London or Amsterdam.
- Living here for a while, you need to get out of town to have fun

Answer 3

NO. I lived there 3 years and couldn't get out of there fast enough. The only good restaurants are in midtown (anything owned by Paragary's is good). Other than that, Sac is becoming the king of restaurant chains - in a hurry. They are popping up everywhere.

The museum (the ONE) is terrible...it's half house/half concrete building...the worst architecture I've ever seen. The Kings are threatening to move. Sprawl is happening everywhere. If you live near the arena - everything closes at 9pm.

Contrary to what someone else said, parking in downtown SUCKS. Their downtown entertainment district is a terrible disaster. They tried to revive it, but it failed miserably. There have been several, but still failed, attempts to get it going again.

There are some nice areas closer to the hills - Citrus Heights is ok, El Dorado Hills is nice, Auburn is cool. But other than that, you pretty much have to go to the Bay Area or Tahoe for excitement. And that's pretty much Sac's biggest plus...it's in the middle of two great places to visit. That's about it.

Answer 4

a house for in basic terms $150K in Sacramento, CA better than probably would be a fixer larger. while you're keen to yet some artwork into the homestead than specific you need to locate one :) i'm attempting to sell one now interior the Sacramento section

Answer 5

Evan, Sacramento is a great place to live. It has been well planned, so it's a beautiful. Even it's poorest area, Oak Park is working hard to fix itself up, and had lots of supporters helping. What sort of things are you interested in ? I can tell you where they are if you would like to email me through my profile.

Answer 6

I've lived in and around Sacramento for most of my 50-plus years. I think it's a great place to live - very underrated and (despite the basketball Kings) unknown.

For an inner city area, downtown and midtown Sac are very nice. Tree-lined streets and lots of restaurants, clubs and eclectic shops, especially on J Street from 21st to 29th streets. You have to be cautious at night in inner Sac, but it is nothing like what you would usually consider "inner city." Old Sacramento has a lot of historic ambiance, including the California State Railroad Museum & the History Museum, plus a lot of unique shops & "watering holes."

Just past midtown you have the nice older neighborhood around McKinley Park, which features a branch of the Sac library, tennis courts, picnic grounds and a rose garden. Other great neighborhoods include the "Fabulous 40s" (40th to 50th Sts., between J St. & Folsom Blvd.), Land Park and River Park (near Cal State U at Sac), and parts of Curtis Park and Hollywood Park are OK, too. There are nice neighborhoods in some of the 'burbs, including Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Orangevale and the town of Folsom. My favorite is Fair Oaks, especially old Fair Oaks Village, with its cute, eclectic shops and restaurants and the ever-present wandering chickens, a reminder of its rural past.

William Land Park is the jewel of the city park system. It is beautiful and features the Sac Zoo, Fairytale Town for the kids, a nine-hole golf course, picnic/bar-b-que areas, and baseball/softball fields. On Freeport Blvd., it borders Sacramento City College. This is one of Sac's older, nicer neighborhoods, so the housing is fairly expensive.

Recreational opportunities abound on the Sacramento & American rivers and lakes Folsom & Natomas. The American River Bike Trail, which runs from near downtown Sac over 20 miles to the town of Folsom, is very scenic for biking, walking & picnicing.

You might also consider Davis, about 12 miles from downtown Sac. where I live. It's a nice, safe town with good schools, including one of the Univ. of Calif. campuses (3rd largest after UCLA and Cal Berkeley), with lots of amenities, including bike and walking trails. An easy commute to Sac, with good bus service.

Bad areas: Oak Park, Del Paso Heights, North Sacramento (particularly Del Paso Blvd. & Marysville Blvd.) and Meadowview/South Sac. Stay away! And I wouldn't recommend much of Alkali Flats (just north of Downtown), Stockton Blvd., or Colonial Heights.

Answer 7

I lived in the Sac. area (Citrus Heights) when I was a kid. I loved it. My parents did too, however we had to move due to a job transfer. I still have friends there and they love it. I would say Folsom, Roseville or Citrus Heights are the best areas...according to my friends anyway.

Answer 8

yes!!! some of the places are good........i live in fair oaks right by sacramento its very nice!!!!!

Answer 9

Yeah, it has all the luxuries of a city and yet it's not to big.

You might want to visit before you move, just to make sure that is where you want to live.

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-474490-sacramento_vacations-i;_ylt=AucgDAvymUZl3QtXVzUsq0D8xmoA

Answer 10

yes it is a good place to move to we have our troubles just like every other city in the u.s .but where else in the u.s. do you have a body builder turned actor turned governor as the governor of California.