Best Place to Live in Sacramento --for us?

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Originally Posted by 00peach

I am Purchasing my first home in Sacramento,and want to have a good to great walk score, as well as a good public transportation score. I have been told one neighborhood to keep in mind is Arden Acrace,and to keep away from South
Sacramento (95822) as well as Del Paso Heights ( 95838) what I need are good to great zip codes and neighborhoods to
look for, any suggestions. I do not have kids so schools are not a problem, neither are churches, just would l.ike to be close to stores,and public transportation.

If you're looking for a great walkscore and good public transportation, your primary choice will be midtown Sacramento and thereabouts--the top 10 walkable neighborhoods in Sacramento are in the downtown/midtown central city "grid." Look at 95816, especially the part west of Business 80/30th Street, 95814 south of L Street, the northern part of 95818 including the southernmost parts of the "grid" and northern edges of Land Park and Curtis Park. If you like riding bikes, the whole area is a cyclist's paradise, both for functional biking and recreational (the American River and Sacramento River have great bike trails.) All the city's light rail lines run through the central city grid, along with the highest frequency bus lines. Our transit system is okay at best, but it functions best at the city core.

There are also Zipcar locations if your intent is to go car-free but you still need a car occasionally.

Arden-Arcade is a terrible choice if you want walkability and good transit access. It's not even a "city," just an unincorporated suburb outside the city limits, and heavily car-dependent except for a couple of bus lines on the major business streets. Many of the residential streets don't even have sidewalks.