The straight dope on Sacramento, neighborhoods, ev
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4/2/2015
I am 51 years old and I have lived in the Sacramento area since 1973, or since I was 9 years old.
I actually love Sacramento. I really like the weather, although we get some rain during the winter, there are many sunny days each year. Sometimes during the winter from Nov to Feb we get fog, which can keep the sun away for weeks at a time which can depress me on occasion.
Most of all the weather in Sacramento is about as good as it gets, but since I like the heat, I am used to the summers here. It gets over 100 degrees usually 10 to 25 days each summer, however, one of the saving graces about Sacramento heat is it usually will get broken up after a few days by a delta breeze which like a giant air conditioner can drop the summer heat 10-25 degrees in a single day. One day it is 104, the next 89. Relief.
The cons of Sacramento for me are the cost of living. Since I don't make much money, I am constantly trying to find some room to rent, which means I have to move a lot. Decent apartments in a decent neighborhood are impossible to find here for under $800 per month.
Good places to live in the Sacramento area?
Roseville, Folsom, Lincoln, Woodland, Granite Bay, Placerville, some parts of Elk Grove, Orangevale, Rocklin, Auburn, Davis(although is a liberal, regulated bicycle college town), parts of downtown, Land Park, East Sacramento and some of the Greenhaven/Pocket area.
Bad places? Oak Park, North Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, anywhere in South Sacramento, North Elk Grove, Del Paso Heights, Meadowview, Florin, parts of West Sacramento, and most of Carmichael. Avoid these areas at all costs. Crime, drugs, filth, noise and junk.
The reason I am leaving is because of the high cost of living. Gas taxes, state income taxes, regulation, automotive smog check laws are the reason.
Another big reason I'm leaving is because of the springtime allergies I suffer living here. Sacramento has to be the worst place on the planet if you suffer allergies. Don't come here if you have them unless you have excellent health coverage so you can get allergy shots, or endure the 2 months of hell each year. Shots cost thousands of dollars if you don't have coverage for them.
Sacramento in my opinion is my favorite place to live except for the fact that I can't afford it. The government constantly has it's hands in my pocket, and I'm sick and tired of it.
Sacramento, great place to live if you can afford it and like to subsidize the wastefull spending of the California state government.
Dan | Roseville, CA