Reviews & Comments
Tracy, CA
Bedroom Community -
6/17/2018Tracy is a bedroom community to the Bay Area and, to a lesser extent, Sacramento. The roads and freeways are always jammed with traffic. Crime is rampant. Anecdotally, I found a partially flattened 30 caliber bullet in my driveway- probably from a stolen .32 caliber Saturday night special. Illegal fireworks are very common in summer and present a serious fire hazard to property owners.
The weather is nice in spring and summer, cool to cold in fall and winter. You can grow almost anything here.
Real estate is relatively inexpensive, hence Tracy being a bedroom community and why there is horrific traffic. Food shopping is limited to mostly Safeway and WinCo. There are none of the gourmet or higher-end markets, but there is a small farmer's market, which has decent fruits and vegetables.
Tracy is a mixed bag. It scores low on culture, food, traffic, jobs and crime. Tracy scores high on inexpensive housing and climate.
Tracy, CA
Winters are not Moderate -
8/21/2017Tracy is an okay place to own a home with lots of friendly neighbors, very family friendly. The housing market rebounds more quickly than other central valley locations, but housing prices are very reasonable. Spring and summer are great.
On the other side, there's the long brutally cold, almost unbearable winters (20 degrees colder than the Bay Area). Too cold and too much rain for my taste. There are these crystal meth addicts who ride BMX bikes looking for things to steal. They'll prowl around the neighborhood looking into garages and opened gates. If you commute to the Bar Area, life's a real grind. I commute to Modesto, so I'm pretty happy there.
All in all, I prefer Orange County and San Diego for the weather, but it's too crowded and too expensive.
Tracy, CA
re: Tracy is great place -
8/20/2017If you like ice cold winters, Tracy's your kind of town. I bought a house and moved in January last year. The rain gutter was sagging. It hadn't rained recently. Apparently the gutter was clogged and filled with a solid chunk of ice. If you like crystal meth using, BMX riding scumbags stealing your stuff, Tracy's definitely your kind of place. I work in Modesto, so I'll have to make the most of those place.