Reviews & Comments
Eugene, OR
re: Not for everyone -
5/17/2018Thank you for contributing such an in-depth and cogent review. As my wife and I contemplate moving to that area to be within a day's RT drive to our son in east Portland, it is a huge "plus" to get comments from people who have an opinion based on at least several years of experience and whose sentiments are a fairly close match to ours. Down toward the bottom of your review, you mention, "reasonable housing prices" and I suspect you are comparing those to an area you used to live in, like the California SF Bay Area or Los Angeles? I have a long-time HS classmate who has lived in the Eugene area for 35 years and she feels over the past 12 months or so, home prices have soared and are now out of reach for many people. She does RE investing on the side and say she never had to come in with a full price offer or compete with multiple offeres until recently. She felt to get what we can accept on our budget, we should look 10-15 miles west of Eugene, in the country.
Santa Rosa, CA
re: The good, the bad, the ugly -
5/28/2017Having lived in Santa Rosa for over 65 years (breaks for military and schooling), I fully agree with D. Evans in his assessment. Traffic, growing crime, high percentage of rental population and extremely aggravating traffic problems have largely taken the fun out of living in the Santa Rosa area. Unless you've lived here for 15+ years or have a large combined household income or huge nest egg, it's going to be extremely difficult to find an enjoyable place in this area, especially coming from almost anywhere out of state.