I grew up in Chico and it is a very nice city of around 100,000 in the Northeast corner of the Sacramento Valley. It isn't nearly as nice as Santa Rosa though, and if you don't like it hot it's between 90 and well above 100 degrees for 4 months of the year. It's also out in the middle of nowhere, and a very inconvenient place to live if you like to travel. It's 100 miles North of Sacramento, 170 miles North of San Francisco, 500 miles North of Los Angeles, 500 miles South of Portland, OR, and 150 miles West of Reno, NV. If you like going to the beach for the day forget it. It takes 3 hours to get to the beach, so you'll have to pony up about $150.00 a night for an average motel near the beach. Same with Lake Tahoe, You could make the trip in about 2 hours and have a nice day, but it makes for a lot of driving and more than likely will be crowded if you go on a weekend day. Plan on spending $150.00 for an average motel in Tahoe as well. If you're a homebody and like being isolated then it would be a nice place to live, but it's not like Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa is 55 miles North of San Francisco, 25 minutes to the beach, and non-stop flights to Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Diego. From any of those cities you can fly anywhere you want to in the entire world. Chico, not so much. 3 non-stops to San Francisco daily at inconvenient hours for meeting up with other flights from SFO. It's sad that so many people don't appreciate what they have and focus on negative things and exaggerate them. Happy traveling!
Kevin |
Santa Rosa, CA |
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