Reviews & Comments
Arcata, CA
re: cost of living - 5/28/2006 -
10/8/2008It's not any worse than anyplace else.
Safeway is in Arcata and that's cheap compared to other grocery stores. Except after then do all that unnecessary rearranging and fake wood flooring (remodel). Other things are less expensive and cars sell for half what they would in San Francisco or L.A.
College and books of course are a rip like everyplace else.
Arcata, CA
re: Visit but Dont Move here PLEASE! - 7/14/2005 -
10/8/2008Yes, it's sad but true. The new Walmart coming in Eureka, the Target already there. Plaza is turning into a strip mall, police are pushing around anyone who is not buying something or look like a tourist. Didn't you ever wish a place would stay how you remembered it was. Better than it is now? Arcata is that place.
It needs to be preserved but greed is always first on the list in the downfall of most small towns. When everyone is broke the big box retails will pull out and things will (hopefully) return to the way they were. Recommended reading: Children's Book "The Wump World"