Reviews & Comments
Richmond, CA
Enjoying Richmond -
1/22/2015It's hogwash to summarize Richmond as 'very bad.' I live in Richmond and the crime in my neighborhood (Clinton Hill area) is lower than where I moved from in central Berkeley. I suggest people keep an eye on the various crime maps available to see for him/herself what's going on. Also - there is a fair sized community of people in Richmond who commute to SF by the backdoor (San Rafael bridge to the Golden Gate) - both my neighbors do, and tell me it's a far better commute than across the Bay bridge from Oakland. This may be arguable, but the viewpoint is popular. There's also is a big restaurant life with lots of very authentic ethnic foods represented - check out the reviews for these. And by far the best nursery in the entire bay area is here - Annie's. Annie has a huge selection of carefully selected genetic strains of plants and is one of the most famous nurseries in the country. In short, Richmond has the best parks in the bay area, the best coastline, some of the best neighborhoods, restaurants and nurseries (more than just Annies) has a big bohemian population full of artists and entrepreneurs, and is still affordable, but won't be much longer. I bought a house here in June '14, and 6 months later, according to realtors, it's worth about 10% more.