Reviews & Comments
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Beautiful country, but... -
6/10/2018Overrun with immigrants from CA who have driven up the cost of real estate sky high. Also, the traffic has become brutal for a small town.
Long cold dreary winters with little sun to speak of. If you can handle this, not a bad place to live providing you have lots of $. National forest and wilderness areas to enjoy nearby as well as quite a few lakes.
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
Very Expensive -
7/1/2017I have lived in Ventura since 1988 and it is now 2017. The one thing great thing about Ventura is the weather. It's mild and does not get very cold.
We have a couple of months (May and June, and sometimes into July) where it is very overcast and cloudy. We do not experience really warm summers, it is usually around 68 to 75 degrees being right on the ocean.
Even though I work full time and make $26 an hr. I cannot afford to live here anymore as the rents have gone way up. A one bedroom apt. goes for about $1500 a month now and anything larger than that can be as much as 2 to 3 thousand. Sales tax is up to 7.5% and the state just increased the gasoline tax and registration fees for your cars again. There are lots of camera controlled intersections so the city can collect additional revenue from traffic violators. Quite a few rude drivers around here as well that have no regard for the safety of others, also a lot of regulations compared to other places.
If your car is parked more than 72 hrs on a city st. it can be towed and the impound fees are very high. I will be moving out of state next month and have already reserved my uhaul truck. Going up to the northwest where living is cheaper and less stressful.