Redding (Eureka: apartments, month to, buy)

[asicame]

Hello, I am planning on moving to Redding soon. Can anyone tell me what the average hourly wage is there? Also for a one bedroom apartment, what should I be expecting to pay? And how hot are we talking about in the summer? Thanks for the help. C.

Anyone familiar with Bethel/Bill Johnson scene up there?

[web]

Temp in summer.

Highs 100-110 easily or more

[pepperpotdog]

That place is hot as Hades which is strange, because it's so far north. As far as that goes, all of CA is hot as Hades unless you live at the beack.

[asicame]

wow...thats hot. humm...

[Shastagate]

1 Bedroom apartments vary as to location, amenities just as anywhere else. A friends son has a nice apt. overlooking the river at $720 a month. A co-worker has a 2 bedromm apt. at $590.
We do get very hot in the summer. Last summer we spent 14 days in a row over 106. A few of those days were at 116 and 117. Not at all pleasant even for locals.
Wages are low. Plain and simple. Again it depends on your abilities and drive. Educational opportunities for adults are vast here.

[notmeofficer]

very few high paying jobs here in redding,,,
the largest employers are the two hospitals..
mercy and redding medical center
then Shasta County....
for basic jobs 7-10 dollars an hour is about the going rate

If you are in the medical field you can do well...

as stated...
it gets as hot or hotter here than anywhere in the US,, last year we beat death valley... 117
how can you beat it... work from 5 am to 1 pm.. then its too hot to be outside
around 5-7 pm the heat of the day is brutal.. be warned and be ready
the only good thing I can say about the heat is that it is very dry,,, no humidity.. well.. usually around 10%.. and that is low (bad for forest fires though)

my first year I wasn't ready for the heat (coming from coastal L.A.) and I spent my summer inside.. since then I have learned to adjust
You learn to live your life at night when its blistering hot... my wife and I dance at night in our huge shop because the concrete floor stays cooler than anywhere else, we wet our dogs down... turn on swamp coolers for them... make love after midnight inst a song here.. its a necessity

go to the lake, chase my wife through the sprinklers (the best fun), buy a wally mart pool. travel (my preferred coping mechanism)

its regularly over 95 here in the summer,,, for weeks,, then some spurts of hell weather.. over 110... anything over 105 just melts you.. no way around it.. sooo .. we escape to the coast..Eureka and points north.... which in the summer can be 55 and foggy,, normally that would be depressing.. but after a week of 110 its welcome.. we do a lot of trips to the Oregon coast ..which is just about perfect in the summer(but depressing in the winter)

if you can handle 3 months of possible hot weather the rest of the year isnt bad...

If you don't make a lot of money here the county seems, to me, to be pretty ready to help.. job training.. assistance.. etc.. but Shasta County is also a poor county by California standards.
Education is available and is dirt cheap and a bargain compared to other states

I am fortunate to have a good retirement from a large county... even with that I live month to month.. California living is very expensive...

When ,and if, I can get my land developed I am considering moving on... this shouldn't dissuade you from coming.. we all have different aspects of life we seek and make us happy... Im ready for a slower pace of life,,,

WANTED
Nirvana.. small town America... cheap open spaces land, cheap taxes, great weather, people, culture

oh.. I forgot.. it doesn't exist anymore

[asicame]

okay, so how does one prepare themselves for facing the heat. other than staying inside that is. i am more used to the humid heat of southeast texas and louisiana. i guess i will just have to start drinking celery and cucumber juice before i move. help my body cope with the heat.

thanks for the advice.

[notmeofficer]

Originally Posted by asicame

okay, so how does one prepare themselves for facing the heat. other than staying inside that is. i am more used to the humid heat of southeast texas and louisiana. i guess i will just have to start drinking celery and cucumber juice before i move. help my body cope with the heat.

thanks for the advice.

Its very dry.. humidity down to 10 percent... so up to about 95 its easy to deal with.. over 105 its just plain hot.. and you cant stand in the sun for very long.. I hope you do a job that doesnt require you be in it.. your first year will be a year of getting used to it.. then it gets better,,,

As I said before.. you live off hours when you want to be outside.. you buy a boat and enjoy our killer lakes and river,, and when it goes over 110 for more than a couple days you zoom over to the coast for a weekend

When I first moved here I took a forest service map and located all the high mountain lakes thinking could hike to them during the summer (theres a bunch of them(... then I realized I would have to start at 4 am to make many of them before it got too hot.. so that idea went out the window,,,


You need good reliable transportation with A/C... if you have animals they have to come inside or be in the garage with a swamp cooler... or a/c if they are really lucky.. the horses and big animals swim in the lakes/ponds or get squirted off.. You learn to wear full brim boonie hats,, drink lots of water

You go to movies... it all works out

[kekepania22]

Originally Posted by asicame

okay, so how does one prepare themselves for facing the heat. other than staying inside that is. i am more used to the humid heat of southeast texas and louisiana. i guess i will just have to start drinking celery and cucumber juice before i move. help my body cope with the heat.

thanks for the advice.

There is no way to prepare for the heat, none at all. It's bloody hell! You just deal with it i've been here 3 years and there is nothing you can do. Just stay hydrated and go to the pool or lake as much as possible, though the pool is sometimes too hot, how bad is that?!?! It's gross heat, crazy thing though my kid loves it has no problem at all! Weirdo haha good luck......

[jaada]

Originally Posted by notmeofficer

very few high paying jobs here in redding,,,
the largest employers are the two hospitals..
mercy and redding medical center
then Shasta County....
for basic jobs 7-10 dollars an hour is about the going rate

If you are in the medical field you can do well...

as stated...
it gets as hot or hotter here than anywhere in the US,, last year we beat death valley... 117
how can you beat it... work from 5 am to 1 pm.. then its too hot to be outside
around 5-7 pm the heat of the day is brutal.. be warned and be ready
the only good thing I can say about the heat is that it is very dry,,, no humidity.. well.. usually around 10%.. and that is low (bad for forest fires though)

my first year I wasn't ready for the heat (coming from coastal L.A.) and I spent my summer inside.. since then I have learned to adjust
You learn to live your life at night when its blistering hot... my wife and I dance at night in our huge shop because the concrete floor stays cooler than anywhere else, we wet our dogs down... turn on swamp coolers for them... make love after midnight inst a song here.. its a necessity

go to the lake, chase my wife through the sprinklers (the best fun), buy a wally mart pool. travel (my preferred coping mechanism)

its regularly over 95 here in the summer,,, for weeks,, then some spurts of hell weather.. over 110... anything over 105 just melts you.. no way around it.. sooo .. we escape to the coast..Eureka and points north.... which in the summer can be 55 and foggy,, normally that would be depressing.. but after a week of 110 its welcome.. we do a lot of trips to the Oregon coast ..which is just about perfect in the summer(but depressing in the winter)

if you can handle 3 months of possible hot weather the rest of the year isnt bad...

If you don't make a lot of money here the county seems, to me, to be pretty ready to help.. job training.. assistance.. etc.. but Shasta County is also a poor county by California standards.
Education is available and is dirt cheap and a bargain compared to other states

I am fortunate to have a good retirement from a large county... even with that I live month to month.. California living is very expensive...

When ,and if, I can get my land developed I am considering moving on... this shouldn't dissuade you from coming.. we all have different aspects of life we seek and make us happy... Im ready for a slower pace of life,,,

WANTED
Nirvana.. small town America... cheap open spaces land, cheap taxes, great weather, people, culture

oh.. I forgot.. it doesn't exist anymore

ok i had to say you are not the hottest place in the u.s. we are. i live in yuma as and we were over 124+ this last summer with a predicted 10-20 degrees hotter this year. and we stay that way for a month day and night