been here since 1973
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7/6/2018
i moved here in Nov. 1973. i'm now a shasta college student and the instructors are great! the atmosphere at the college is really wonderful. i might just decide to work there. :) the housing prices are incredibly low for CA. i had to post after i read some of these posts. here is my take on redding: 1. the heat; i hate it. this year it hasn't been bad. at least it's dry heat. i found out from my family running all over the country that most of this country has humid heat. i can't stand humidity. that's what makes it hot for me. 2. about crime; it is about comparible per capita as any city in the country. 3. child molesters; according to stats, we are a dumpimg ground for them, something we intend to change. i have never had that affect me or my family, but i was always careful about leaving my children alone with a man, especially one without a family. i simply didn't leave them alone. duh!! 4. the homeless; there are a lot if you are actually in the city of redding. downtown or south of town. but no one would live there. there are nice homes there, but they are owner occupied and mostly hidden from view. personally, i wouldn't live in the redding city limits. only because i like the burbs. redding is just like the burbs in most cities. most of the area around here is outside of the city limits. it sounds like the people on here who are complaining live in the downtown area. or south of town. every town has a bad part of town. i grew up in the bay area and there were areas no one got near. the bad part of town here is not even close to how bad it was down there. nor is the crime rate. i can go to the worst part of town here and while not feeling exactly safe, i know i will make it home. i am a woman. not young anymore but felt the same then as now. i would not feel safe at all in oakland for example. i only saw oakland out of my car window as we were driving through it for some reason. but it scared me even from the safety of my car. but i have heard there are nice parts of oakland, up in the hills. 5. utilities: we use swamp coolers up here. they work great, there isn't any humidity, so my bill in the summer of 2018 is $150.00 a month. my home is about 1000 sf. i have pg&e. city of redding i hear is more costly, but most of the people i hear that from rent apts. with a/c. i use low cool on a swamp cooler and i am comfortable. 6. the cops; a man stole a rpd cop car and when caught died from a tazer zap in the chest accidentally?! in the one place there wasn't a camera. rpd was investigated by shasta county sheriff's, they were cleared within 24 hours! you decide. 7. i have heard of bethel, but don't know much about it. i don't hang out there. life is what you decide to make of it. the people who are hating this place should move somewhere else. they sound like the kind of people i definitely wouldn't want to have as a neighbor. bottom line: the area is beautiful. jobs are scarce. property is cheap. i have a lake one mile away and a creek in my back yard. i didn't pay a fortune for it either. the house i grew up in is going for $743.000 in the bay area. needless to say, i didn't pay that for my house in shasta county! there's not much to do if you aren't into outdoor activities. great hospitals. all the shopping you need is here and if you want something else, there is the internet. basically, life is what you make it and that includes your town. after about a year here i was accepted as if i had lived here all of my life. if your staying and making this your home, you will be accepted with open arms.
Lorena | Redding, CA