Reviews & Comments
Napa, CA
No Jobs -
11/11/2006We have been looking for months and there are just no jobs. Don't think that this is a great place to move to and to find a job easily. The companies go throught temp agencies so they don't have to hire directly and offer full time employment or benefits. The wineries employ only people from other countries. This is an impossible place. The schools look like they are in really bad shape. I was so surprised thinking we would be moving to a "wealthy place", I guess like so many places there are the wealthy, and the poor, and not much middle class anymore. It is not what I thought it would be like. Much smaller and not as nice. Once you get past the initial excitement that doesn't last long, there is not much else going for this place. The only thing I have to say is that the parks are nice for young kids, with the best playgrounds I have seen compared to NY, or FL.
Oh Well....will be moving to a place where there are jobs, and prices are not so ridiculous for homes, for shopping, general food prices, better schools, etc. It is hard for someone like me to not be able to go out and get into a conversation with someone while shopping, but I feel so alone here, most people don't even speak English. I feel very out of place.
American Canyon, CA
Not staying for sure. -
11/11/2006OK is all I have to say about this place. We landed here out of necessity when things didn't work out for us in Napa. It is 10 miles down the highway....Nothing here really. A grocery store, a small plaza for some realtors, and a couple of restaurants...this is an area with things built off of the main highway, and some house subdivisions. I don't know why anyone would live here permanently. We will be going as soon as we can figure out just where to move to. We thought California would be so great. We are finding that the schools are bad, there are no jobs in the wine industry unless you are from another country. We will have to search for a better spot.