Community Idenity
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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 that keeps the heat of the Sacramento Valley, just over the hill, tempered. With summer temperatures mostly in the high 70s to low 80s, and a wind speed of less than 7 mph, on an average, Vallejo is enhanced by sun with the clearing morning fog of the summer season.
In minutes you can drive to San Francisco, the Marin headlands, the Napa and Sonoma wine regions, or the state capitol. Sailing, golf, hiking, biking, birding on the Suisun protected marsh, skiing in the Sierra, life is enjoyable here in a small city atmosphere with close availability of major metropolitan charm.
What is needed, however, are more involved citizens to keep a check on how the local governments conduct their spending patterns while the citizens are otherwise occupied.
Short, and in all, it's a great place to live.
robert | Vallejo, CA