Los Angeles to Sacramento? (San Jose, San Francisco: transfer to, schools, universities)

[dianamo90]

im in my 20's currently living in Los Angeles. Ive been wanting to move up to northern california. My sister would be tagging along too. Shes 19. Sacramento along with SanJose, Santa Cruz, Stockton, and San francisco are all in my top 5. Anywhere somewhat urban with a little bit of rural would be nice. It would have to be a friendly community with a good educational system... im hoping to transfer to a community college then to a 4 year after.

any suggestions would be appreciated!

[daddiesgirl]

Originally Posted by dianamo90

im in my 20's currently living in Los Angeles. Ive been wanting to move up to northern california. My sister would be tagging along too. Shes 19. Sacramento along with SanJose, Santa Cruz, Stockton, and San francisco are all in my top 5. Anywhere somewhat urban with a little bit of rural would be nice. It would have to be a friendly community with a good educational system... im hoping to transfer to a community college then to a 4 year after.

any suggestions would be appreciated!

I think the more important question to ask is whether you're moving for school or for a certain way of life.

If you are planning to move for school, it will depend on your major and what schools/universities you can afford and get into. You're probably already aware that Davis/Stanford is good for medical, Berkeley for law, etc.

If you're moving for lifestyle, it also ties in with your educational plans because tuitions are wildly expensive these days and moving to an area with a lower cost of living may help versus one that is already high and paying high tuition on top of cost of living.

If you can define your goals and know what you want, narrowing down the alternatives will be much easier and ultimately, making the correct decision. Moving to a brand new city is not an easy task. And surviving the next few years of college and not worry about having a place to live while you do it tougher.

[shulamith]

Santa Cruz would be fun, but spendy. As far as safety, I do believe a little research will reveal Stockton to be an undesirable location. San Fran is also spendy, anything by the coast is going to be really expensive, even San Jose can be significantly more costly than Sacramento Valley. Personally, I would recommend Sacramento because you can enjoy the midtown/downtown city life, but you are just a few minutes from farmland, 1.5 hrs from Tahoe and 1.5 hours from SF Bay. Also, there are several community colleges, CSUS, and 20 minutes from UC Davis. I hope you make a great choice for you and your sister!

[Hegotsoul831]

Im moving away from Sactown after living here 7 years. And honestly, if youre just going to be studying at maybe Sac State and doing homework all the time, which I tend to doubt at your ages, once youve checked out Old Sac and a few little spots in Midtwon, you going to end up pretty bored. I grew up in Los Angeles. Sacramento is growing but still comparitively under-developed with very little entertainment or amusement venues that suit the appetites of energetic young people. It was never meant for that, as Los Angeles or San Francisco are, being geared as fun tourist attractions.

[quang]

Originally Posted by Hegotsoul831

Im moving away from Sactown after living here 7 years. And honestly, if youre just going to be studying at maybe Sac State and doing homework all the time, which I tend to doubt at your ages, once youve checked out Old Sac and a few little spots in Midtwon, you going to end up pretty bored. I grew up in Los Angeles. Sacramento is growing but still comparitively under-developed with very little entertainment or amusement venues that suit the appetites of energetic young people. It was never meant for that, as Los Angeles or San Francisco are, being geared as fun tourist attractions.

I am opposite here. Been Sacrmaento for 6 years, move to LA for 2 years, then move back here. Don't want to raise blood pressure with the traffic down there.

[raria]

Originally Posted by dianamo90

im in my 20's currently living in Los Angeles. Ive been wanting to move up to northern california. My sister would be tagging along too. Shes 19. Sacramento along with SanJose, Santa Cruz, Stockton, and San francisco are all in my top 5. Anywhere somewhat urban with a little bit of rural would be nice. It would have to be a friendly community with a good educational system... im hoping to transfer to a community college then to a 4 year after.

any suggestions would be appreciated!

If you want urban with a little bit of rural, why CA at all? New england and the update new york would be a better fit. It is cheaper, loads of choice and lots of infrastructure. I use to live in upstate new york. You could choose rochester syracuse albany. All are close enough to new york city so you get much of the culture coming up. For example whe seinfeld aerosmith or lol even hannah montana played in new york city, state they would come up state to do that at least 1 show.

[Hegotsoul831]

Originally Posted by quang

I am the opposite. Been in Sacramento for 6 years, move to LA for 2 years, then move back here. Don't want to raise blood pressure with the traffic down there.

Lol... I can dig that.
But besides the myths about it being so much more dangerous than here or elsewhere, it seems to preside as the primary reason for disliking Los Angeles. Like poeple who say that Portland is crummy because of the rain. But like like L.A. traffic, that happens to be part of Ptown's identity. L.A. is laterally huge compared to Sacramento, hence, huge amounts of vehicles. And in spite of that, having grown up there and being a bus driver, used to the aggressive driving style, I actually find my own blood pressure rising more here, dealing with the unskilled, lethargic pace of Sactown traffic.

[sacramento916]

Lived in LA 5 years. Uggh. Where do I start? Anyways, LA has some nice places and there is always something to do. But overall, a very stressful, ugly place to live. Hated living there.