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Placerville, CA is a beautiful city located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It's known for its Gold Rush-era history and as an outdoor recreation hub. Visitors come from far and wide to explore the area's trails, campgrounds, and museums, as well as to take part in fun activities like whitewater rafting, kayaking, or fishing. Placerville also boasts some excellent restaurants, cafes, wineries and breweries. There are plenty of options for shopping too with farmers markets and antique stores. Reviews of Placerville are overwhelmingly positive due to its vibrant atmosphere and stunning views of the mountain range that surrounds it. Locals rave about its friendly people, charming downtown area with specialty shops and boutiques, and wonderful outdoor activities available year-round. Whether you're looking for an exciting weekend getaway or a quieter week off in nature’s playground - Placerville will not disappoint!
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Placerville: Can't go wrong for foothill living - 7/11/2022
We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to finish our careers. No regrets! The area is balanced (politically and economically) despite being conservative-leaning (not a bad thing) and overall, our experience is everyone is friendly and respectful. It's within an hour of Lake Tahoe (skiing and Sierra hiking), outstanding foothill wineries and a short commute to San Francisco, Carmel, Napa, Yosemite Valley and the coast. It gets hot (100* in the summer days, low humidity) but cools off (60* at night with a delta breeze). Restaurants, stores and conveniences are mid-scale, affordable and absolutely enjoyable and accessible. Sacramento is 45 minutes away. Genuinely good people and community-minded activities in this historical gold rush town. We can't find another town that checks all the quality boxes for us the way Placerville
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Our retirement town - 12/6/2013
We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We always noticed this place on the way to our cabin in Tahoe and always loved it's charm. Well, getting to know this place during the building process & now every other long weekend stays here I think we really hit a bulls eye. This place is even more charming than we thought & the locals here are friendly and without pretense.It also has a great weekend town nightlife with live music & good food in 3-4 places at the same time. Love
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Red area Blue State - 6/11/2008
Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state policy- the state was once ok for the shooting sports but the state laws are bascially killing them
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Great place to live - 6/19/2007
Love it here. The weather is comfortable, the people are friendly, and it's close to Sacramento for city
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country living - 8/2/2006
Placerville is a fairly laid back city with a small town feel. Lots of history here from the gold rush
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