Think twice before you move here
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1/28/2015
My husband, myself and my disabled adult son moved here last December. The worst move we have ever made.
We are both professionals who lost their jobs due to the recession so we had to move from the Walnut Creek area due to the high cost of living there.
We have not been able to obtain jobs here even after going to the EDD/One Stop Center which I can tell you has been NO help what so ever other then to have us go to "classes" and tell us to look online and register with local employment offices. They do not have a job developer or any training as we were told "we have no funding."
We live in the Arden Arcade area and the crime here is unbelievable. My son was held up at gun point as well as an elderly resident in the apartments we live in. The area has lots of homeless, thugs, and drugs.
All we were told is this about Sacramento: Don't live on the South Side, the Del Paso area, North Highlands, Oak Park, the Pocket area or the Rosemont area. Well what is left? As they are all bad areas.
I have never seen such a run down area as Sacramento, old building that are not kept up, abondoned buildings, and trash on the streets.
We were told that Sacramento County does not have money to pay for police or for infrastructure.
We are leaving ASAP. I now have what they call "hood disease." We definitely have PTSD because of the crime in this area.
I cannot find social services for my son as I've been told "our county is broke.""Too many unemployed people to serve effectively." "Move out if you want help" I.E.: other states as apparently most of California is broke.
One would think the Capitol of California would offer more.
This is not the golden state it is the pyrite state.
Lisa | Arden-Arcade, CA