Vallejo, CA Reviews

Beautiful Vallejo CA - 7/30/2009
Yes we problems--financial-but we will survive. Vallejo is a beautiful city. Best climate if you don't like HOT weather. Comfortable warm days-breeze off of the bay. Sleep like a baby at night. The fog rolls in in the morning but dissipates by 10 AM and then you have a very comfortable morning and afternoon. Most people in Vallejo don't have air conditioning because WE DON'T NEED IT. We have water, we have hills, we have a beautiful waterfront to walk or bike or jog along and there is usually something going on on the weekends. We have Farmers Market on Saturdays downtown. Love it! Go 15 miles over the hill to Fairfield and the temp is 15 degrees higher . I'll live here. GO Read More

Vallejo - a pleasant place to live - 7/11/2009
I lived in Vallejo for about 5 years 15 years ago and am moving back there soon. The climate is very comfortable with not much rain and a lot of sunny days. There are many attractive and architecturally important old houses and many opportunities to walk. I especially enjoy the walk along the river down at the Marina.

You can take the ferry to San Francisco and it provides a gateway to many scenic areas such as Benecia, Napa, Marin Read More

Vallejo--A Great Place to Retire - 4/6/2009
While working in Silicon Valley in 1979, I never thought that I would ever consider Vallejo as a place to retire. It was a Navy town with its Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The place actually lived up to its bad reputation.
Then in 1994, the shipyard was closed and overnight 10,000 people were laid off. Real estate values dropped with everybody leaving town to find jobs.
At around this time, I was working in Connecticut , not knowing that I would be downsized and offered a retirement package in a few months.
After the Navy base closing, Vallejo became attractive to me as a place for retirement. Real estate values were more than affordable--they were actually cheap compared to other places in the Bay Area. The cost of living is probably the lowest in the area. The city is almost perfect for me--I like playing golf (even though I could barely afford it),and the city has 4 public golf courses and one semi-private(almost expensive) which are all within my budget. Adjoining Read More

Climate - 12/7/2008
Lived here for over thirty years. Beauatiful Read More

Community Idenity - 5/1/2008
Vallejo is a medium sized city with large city social issues. What is most significant is the spirit and sense of community that is established here with a relatively small involvement of time and effort by individuals. People here care and are cared for by many others. That is what sets Vallejo apart from some many other highly transient communities.

The San Francisco Bay Area is overall an expensive place to live. Vallejo has housing that has been built since between 1850 to the present. With more Victorian houses West of the Mississippi crafted by the artists of the Mare Island Naval Ship Yard and meticiously maintained by generations of skilled residents, the array of housing types in compact areas is impressive. But again, it is the people who live within thei walls that gives the city character and creates a sense of home for so many.

Located where the Napa River joins the San Francisco Bay, Vallejo is by wind speeds and the coolness of the Bay Read More

Vallejo native here - 9/6/2007
I was born and raised in Vallejo and I'm in my mid-twenties also and I'm now in New Mexico for college. Yes the kids here are more ghetto than other places but on the flipside it makes everybody street smart. You HAVE to leave Vallejo after you graduate high school or you're going to get stuck here like a lot of people I've seen and end up doing nothing with their lives. I wouldn't mind moving back here when I have a family because the diversity here is unmatched. I grew up with friends from all races. That is why I'm not prejudice and can hang with any group. I want my kids to be exposed to that diversity also. Look up any city in America and compare the demographic numbers to Vallejo and you will see what I mean.Read More

Living in Vallejo - 5/24/2007
I have lived in Vallejo for 6 years now. When I was little we shopped in Vallejo. Today, the city is clean and they are making great efforts to make it safe. I have never been exposed to any violence here. I grew up in an upper middle class white neighborhood. I saw more things go on there than in Vallejo. I think people forget, a city is a city. You must always be careful no matter where you are. I feel safe walking around Vallejo, the houses are nice, the people are extremely friendly. Years ago it gained a bad reputation, but today it way nicer. The ferry and the the area around it are signs that that the city is growing in the right direction. Close commute to the city makes it a good place to live. I have two children in the school system there. The teachers are caring and informative. Jesse Bethel High has good standards and is a safe school. I've read what others here have said and I'm confused................. are we in the same place? I asked my daughter who is Read More

schools - 1/1/2007
the schools in Vallejo, particularly the middle and high schools need a lot of Read More

Sketchy Element - 8/24/2006
I live in the "nice" part of town, however, I see graffiti in new housing Read More

Very Diverse. - 4/19/2006
The one thing I have really enjoyed about living in Vallejo is the diversity. I love that there is no single, main race/nationality Read More