Soulless, but Very Convenient
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6/8/2019
If Rohnert Park was a person, it would be your little brother who got into drugs early in life, but made a solid comeback and now lives a solidly lower middle class life with a motorcycle in the garage.
This town is generally hated by other people in Sonoma County. It's looked down upon as a declasse' bedroom community with no soul. However these same people often sneak into RP to do their shopping, as RP has by far the best convenience shopping in the county. It has all the big box stores that everyone hates, yet patronize. It also has a casino just out of town to the west, mostly for city people.
The weather is some of the best in the county as the further south you go in the Summer the better it is.
The downside to RP, is mostly the housing. You have some really ugly stuff in this town, from which grew rapidly from the 60's through the 80's. Parks and trees abound however, cushioning the blow from the banal, soul eating architecture. Also, you have ground zero of messed up adult children living with parents. Single family home neighborhoods that should have ample parking instead have four cars per house. The house likely having powder blue T1-11 siding from 1981 and a dead tree in the yard. The public schools? Great if you hate school and plan to work in a trade.
Jack | Santa Rosa, CA