QBN Sacramento, CA
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Agree with everything Sarahfailin said. I grew up in the East Bay, moved to Sac and never looked back. Anything you want, you can find here. You just gotta look.
If you want the city experience, explore around Midtown. The JKL corridor between 15th and 29th is where most of the action is at, but there's plenty going on just south and east as well. Some nice neighborhoods in and around the central city area are Boulevard Park, Poverty Ridge, Midtown, East Sac, Land Park, Curtis Park. Some spots downtown can get pretty dead at night as it's state worker / commuter area. Midtown is where most of the life is. I'd avoid living in North and South Sac. Good Mexican and Vietnamese food though. Oak Park is pretty rough. West Sac is coming up slowly, but I don't think i'd want to live there right now.
Suburbs are spotty. Some areas are okay, some are sketchy. Some decent spots in the Pocket, South Land Park, Fair Oaks or all the way out in Davis or Folsom. I wouldn’t want to live in Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Rocklin, Elk Grove. They’re fine for some, but if you’ve been to one, you’ve been to them all.
Sacramento is a great place to live if you can get good work. You just gotta get out and find your spots. The Bay Areans will tell you it’s shit, but they conveniently forget SF and Oakland are surrounded by strip mall suburbs they hate and millionaire enclaves they can’t afford. It takes 2 hours to drive to SF or Tahoe, at worst. That 4-5 hour traffic is all the Bay Areans trying to escape from and return home.
Two rivers and lakes for the hot summers. Loads of wineries in the delta region and up in the Sierra foothills. Great breweries and coffee too.
- plus all of downtown/midtown is really ramping up. new businesses are opening everywhere. good coffee!sarahfailin
- Thanks!teh