Reviews & Comments
Emmett, ID
Why I Came Here -
12/12/2010I lived, in Paso Robles, CA almost 30 years. I grew up, in North Orange County, CA. I raised a son, as a single parent from the time he was 4. Paso Robles was a good place to raise a child, but when he went off to college he knew he would be unable to find local work there that would allow him to buy a house, and live well. After a degree, in government, at Sacramento State, he ook a minor, at The University of Idaho, Moscow. He came back to spend a year before returning to Boise State for his Masters.
As my only living family, I researched Southwestern Idaho, and found Emmett, on Sperlings.I moved here, and felt like I had stepped into a time machine, back to an earlier version of the Central Coast I once knew. Winters are colder, and there isn't the Ocean just over the hills, but the people, their attitudes, and the rural nature of the area are the way I remembered the Central Coast of the 1970's.
This is an unabashedly small town, with everything you could ask for, shoppeing, a great hospital, good schools, and friendly people. There is a great Park downtown, across from the County Courthouse, and a vibrant farmers' market.
The Payette River flows through town, and recreational opportunity is year round.
Thank you Sperlings for helping me to find this jewel. Oh, and the cost of living is so much lower, I can afford a much better life, than where I was living. This is fixed income paradise.
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA
Leaving after thirty years -
5/15/2008Moved here in 1977 from the Los Angeles Basin, and I have never felt like stopping everyone else from following me here, but they did, and it seems like those moving here lately want to change Paso Robles into what they left behind. If you like the liberal brie, and wine crowd, phoney Hollywood types, and San Fransisco Values, this is becoming your place. You had better bring money though, local work pays low, and housing, and taxes have gone through the roof. Some long time residents are lining their pockets, and others are leaving. This place doesn't resemble the nice place I originally moved to, so I'm leaving.
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA
Why I am leaving Paso Robles -
3/24/2008My parents are buried here, and I raised my son (single father- mom left)here. I am convinced that I could not have raised him as well anywhere else in the nation. He is going to pursue his masters, and is going back up to Idaho, where he took his minor. The cost of living, and the "gentrafication" of Paso Robles has soured him on this area, and he took his major at Sacramento State, where he became disenchanted with California.
I have no brothers, or sisters, so he is my only immediate family. Although I basically own my house, we are not a wealthy family, and I cannot afford to buy him a house here, nor can he afford one.
If you come with money, welcome. If you expect to make it here, good luck!
Retirement here would be great, if you have a spouse, or children who live close, but this isn't the place for working families.Too bad, the school is very good, and the opportunities for extracuricular activites are the best.Only wealthy need apply.