Reviews & Comments
Santa Rosa, CA
The good, the bad, the ugly -
11/12/2016The good is the great climate, excellent resources like quality food choices (groceries and restaurants), and medical services and shopping opportunities, college town, proximity to Bay area.
The bad is high cost of living, very high rents with low availability, increasing crime and gang activity.
The ugly is the traffic and congestion. Santa Rosa is a hub through which an enormous amount of commuter and "local" traffic flows to and from all points south, north, east, and west. All the country feeder roads are now overloaded so there are no shortcuts left. To get anywhere you have to deal with bad traffic at most hours of day. The entire Bay area is over crowded with horrible traffic problems. Santa Rosa area was once a gem. Now its well on its way to another endless suburbs and citification.