You don't want to live here
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5/15/2021
High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent crime and property crime is way above the US average.
Lots of shootings and murders and more murder of cops than anywhere I've ever lived. Lots and lots of theft. Twice during the first months after moving here, in the middle of the day, while grocery shopping in very good neighborhoods, I witness store employees chasing young men with unpaid groceries, out of the store! You do not want to go out at night. Keep your doors and windows locked at all times. Leave nothing of value outside at anytime. Do not have packages delivered to your door!
Long hot miserable summers from May through mid-October or later. Weeks of high 90s and even 100s without end. Half the year above 90 degrees often triple digits for weeks on end. 111 temps for days. Rolling blackouts – no electricity in record heat! No rain in the summer and often very little rain all year. So many years of drought that fire season is year round. With the fires, the air pollution is almost too thick to breath. Stay inside.
“The City of Sacramento was named the fifth most ozone-polluted city in the country. The city was also ranked No. 15 on the list of most polluted cities by short-term pollution, according to the State of the Air 2019 that comes from the American Lung Association…. Short-term pollution is typically when the air is smoky, like after a wildfire.”
Lots of car vandalism and defacing; passing cars toss paper cups with liquids, ice, or worse, hard objects, etc. at cars. Very high car theft and car vandalism rates. Worst drivers in the country. Usually #1 worst drivers in country and always in the top 3 worst drivers in the country. Top 3 in DUIs – often #1 in DUIs. Very high car insurance rates.
Unfriendly, rude people. Cultural Wasteland. Outrageously high cost of housing for dumps. Crime rate 35% higher than average. Extremely high cost of living for everything. Bottom line, don't live here, worst place ever. People are leaving CA in droves. You don't want to live here. It's a nightmare - not a dream.
BJ | Carmichael, CA