Reviews & Comments
Redding, CA
Summers are brutal! -
2/23/2022I read the previous 2 reviews and both are a bit wacky so I had to address the obvious here. This is a very decent pace to live but I have to disagree with the climate rating because evidently someone just looked at the stats online and made a rating based upon that. I have lived in Redding for about 28 years now so I have some real word experiences. Fall is the absolute best season with mild winters. Of course we had rare snowstorms that can be treacherous and also heavy rain/hail but again, not very often. Spring can be nice temp wise but if you have any allergies, best to stay inside for a month or so and keep your HEPA filters on max power. The pollen is so bad at least where I live that my car is covered so much so, it looks yellow. By mid-May, the pollen subsides but now comes the heat. It is so bad, that one day in July about 10am, I steped outside and I literally felt that I was being cooked on a grill so I jokingly asked my wife if we had a barbecue sauce and start lathering me up. So to the point, Redding would be a nice place to live between October to March and if you had a second home in a much cooler climate during April to September, that would be a perfect scenario but since I am not a trust fund kid, I have to keep the AC running, the utility bills will be around $400 to $500 a month which is common. I fell sorry for the folks who have PG&E, I heard horror stories of bills over a $1000.00 for the months in summer.