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Reasons to MOVE TO SACRAMENTO and why We Love Sacramento
Sacramento people are Friendly and Polite
The people I work with and the businesses I frequent are very friendly and ask me how my day is going. I dropped my coffee cup and went back to the coffee place to buy another one and and the business owner asked why I was back so soon for more coffee I told her I spilled the first one, so she didn’t charge me for the second cup I and she gave me a free muffin for my “troubles” - this was a small independantly owned place, not starbucks.
My favorite bartender always gives me at least one free drink when I visit.
My elderly mom lives alone, and My mom’s neighbors watch out for her and take her trash out and bring in her mail when I can’t. They also walk her dog, when I can’t. People hold the elevator door, and wait patiently in parking lots, people say Thank you, and have a good day to me. I see people automatically get up to let the elderly or disabled sit down on public transit.
Sacramento’s midtown/downtown has a Great Feel and Vibe
New businesses, young people, the elderly, and the middle-age alike seem to love walking everywhere in midtown. Dogs and baby strollers in tow. Cool kids and hipsters hanging out at coffee shops, college boys drinking beer at the many beer pubs/gardens. Artist types, Kindle readers, book-worms, nerds, students hang out in midtown/downtown.
There is local live theater, first-class quality museums, art galleries, live/work spaces, music venues, and great, non-chain, independantly owned restaurants throughout the midtown/downtown. Street life is active and lively, with street fairs, farmers markets, nightclub pockets.
Older apt buildings, from mid-century to 40‘s era bungalows and duplexes/fourplexes are getting refurbished.
It seems like every Victorian/Craftsman's style/Spanish style residential house or building is getting restored to it’s original glory.
The New Arena is taking shape, with new hotels and condos on the way. A whole brand new downtown called the Railyards is starting to take shape. Across the Sacramento River in downtown West Sacramento near our wonderful professional BallPark a new Riverfront is emerging with parks, music venues, condos and apartments. Bikes/cyclists are everywhere.
Sacramento’s midtown/downtown is a great living space and should only get better as West Sacramento, the Riverfront, the Arena area, and Midtown all merge into an even Cooler living space than it is now.
Sacramento weather is Fantastic
Sacramento has fantastic weather. Very mild winters, 4 seasons. Fall and Spring are perfect. In the summer, not too hot, for too long, nice cool evenings, nights, and mornings; Lots of sun. Perfect humidity levels, 20% or below when it gets above 85F. Higher humidity at night and in the morning to help cool things down.
In non-drought years, Sacramento averages 20 inches of rain a year which keeps it tree-filled and greener than most western cities, (besides the Pacific Northwest).
Sacramento gets more annual average rain than Denver, Albuquerque, Vegas, Fresno, LA, San Diego, Orange County, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Tucson, and Reno in non-drought years.
Sacramento’s cost of living is reasonable and so much more affordable then the Bay Area, SD, and LA. And less expensive than Austin or Denver.
You can’t get the same square footage or as nice of a home in the Bay Area, LA or SD for Sacramento prices which are 1/2 the cost of SF prices.
People care about each other, People are hardworking/ Law enforcement is respectful/Quality Health Care
People are respectful and I can’t remember when there was any kind of police siren on my street. People drive at a reasonable speed almost all of the time on my street. Not bragging, and I hope nothing bad happens in my neighborhood, but my neighborhood watch is very active and comforting. Health care is top notch from UC Med Center to Sutter Health and Mercy. I here Kaiser is pretty good too these days.
It’s easy to get around/traffic not that bad
When I go to work I rarely have to wait in traffic. 95% of the time it’s smooth sailing. When I take light rail I always find a seat. When I ride my bike for the most part cars are respectful as long as they can see you. Compared to most big cities like LA which require waiting in long lines forever, Sacramento lines are a piece of cake. For the most part, Sacramentans don’t know what it’s like to have to wait in really long big city lines.
ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD is 12 miles away.
UC DAVIS is now the 24th best University in the USA, rated out of the 100 top universities in the world. If you look at only the American Universities on the World List, UC Davis is #24 in the USA.
Sacramento is not some boring cookie cutter brand new southwestern type of city. It’s showing its age all around from the inner core to older suburban areas. It has graffiti which gives Sacramento some edge. Some of the graffiti is interesting and kind of cool.
Sacramento has been around for almost 170 years and its was hit hard by the great recession, and it lost some good jobs in the last 20 years but it’s still growing faster than many other metros its size. Nationally, Sacramento’s growth rate is right in the middle not too fast and large, but not sluggish and small like midwestern and eastern metros of the same size.
You are much more likely to see squirrels chasing each other in Sacramento’s many trees than rats in the streets as you do in New York City. I have never seen rats of any kind in the streets of Sacramento. Many other cities in the midwet, and back east look alot more worn than Sacramento.
Sacramento does have homeless, but I’ve seen it worse in downtown LA, downtown SD, Portland, San Francisco, and Oakland. Homeless are everywhere these days, even in small towns.
The Western Drought:
The West: California including Oregon, are currently in the worst drought it’s ever had. and the last few winters have been extremely mild.
Considering our winter and spring have been so warm this past year; it’s possible we might have a hotter than normal summer, only time will tell.
If we do have a hotter summer than normal because of the drought, then most other western cities will likely have a hotter than normal summer as well. Fresno, Bakersfield, Redding, Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake, Desert cities in Calif and the west, will all, likely, be hotter than Sacramento. And 3/4 of the rest of the nation will still be uncomfortably hot, humid, and muggier than Sacramento during the summer.
One tidbit about UC Davis--a lot of folks don't realize that UC Davis Medical Center (and its med school) are in Sacramento, not Davis. And yeah, despite their occasional insistence that Davis is an eastern part of the Bay Area, UCD is Sacramento's school.
We're a city of traditions and festivals--the Zombie Walk, the Easter Beer Hunt, the Halloween Show (an annual event held in the spring when local musicians play a one-day marathon show where they perform as other bands with an annual theme) and warm-weather events ranging from the Pacific Rim Festival to the Burger Battle, Beer Week and Bacon Week.
One tidbit about UC Davis--a lot of folks don't realize that UC Davis Medical Center (and its med school) are in Sacramento, not Davis. And yeah, despite their occasional insistence that Davis is an eastern part of the Bay Area, UCD is Sacramento's school.
UC Davis Med School for Veterinary Medicine is in Davis and it is the best in the nation, actually, the best in the World!
Yes, the UC Davis Med School for Humans, lol (not Animals) is in Sacramento, not Davis and it is the 4th Best in California, in the top 25 in the USA.
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego are all very highly rated nationally and worldwide, and UC Davis is one small step behind them.
Other tidbits:
UCLA is in Westwood, 15 miles from downtown LA.
UC San Diego is La Jolla, 13-15 miles from downtown San Diego
UC Berkeley is 13-14 miles from downtown San Francisco
UC Davis is 12-15 miles from downtown Sacramento.
Funny how the Bay Area claims Davis when UC Davis is right in the heart of the Sacramento Valley. One freeway exit away from downtown Sacramento, or a 15 minute train ride away. I guess Sacramento should start claiming UC Berkeley as our school too, -
UC Davis Med School for Veterinary Medicine is in Davis and it is the best in the nation, actually, the best in the World!
Yes, the UC Davis Med School for Humans, lol (not Animals) is in Sacramento, not Davis and it is the 4th Best in California, in the top 25 in the USA.
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego are all very highly rated nationally and worldwide, and UC Davis is one small step behind them.
Other tidbits:
UCLA is in Westwood, 15 miles from downtown LA.
UC San Diego is La Jolla, 13-15 miles from downtown San Diego
UC Berkeley is 13-14 miles from downtown San Francisco
UC Davis is 12-15 miles from downtown Sacramento.
Funny how the Bay Area claims Davis when UC Davis is right in the heart of the Sacramento Valley. One freeway exit away from downtown Sacramento, or a 15 minute train ride away. I guess Sacramento should start claiming UC Berkeley as our school too, -
I don't know anyone in the Bay Area claiming UCD as their school. UCD is Sacramento's Berkeley.
But it got me thinking, could you imagine if University of the Pacific's main campus was headquartered in Oak Park instead of Stockton. That whole area surrounding McClatchy Park filled with dorms, cafes, restaurants, retail, creating a university village there would've change the dynamics of the neighborhood.
I don't know anyone in the Bay Area claiming UCD as their school. UCD is Sacramento's Berkeley.
But it got me thinking, could you imagine if University of the Pacific's main campus was headquartered in Oak Park instead of Stockton. That whole area surrounding McClatchy Park filled with dorms, cafes, restaurants, retail, creating a university village there would've change the dynamics of the neighborhood.
While that would be very nice for Oak Park I think I would feel bad if that were the case, because Stockton would be more of a hole than it already is.
Great thread. I just spent 2 days in Monterey, and on my trip I experienced the following rude behavior:
(1) A guy throwing a ball on the beach for his dog continually came close to hitting me. I knew it was only a matter of time before he did. When the ball did hit me, I whipped around. He and his wife immediately put their hands up to suggest "we're so sorry". You idiots shoyld have known it was going to happen, as I anticipated it.
(2) In Monterey, some woman came barraling down the path by the water with her bike and dog carriage, nearly hitting me. I had to jump out of the way. As I jumped out of the way, she yelled "Hello! Hello! Hello!" And continued to yell it for the next 5 seconds. Her bike took up the ENTIRE track, even the side I was on.
(3) A driver tailgaited me so close I was certain she'd rear end me if the car ahead of me slowed even slightly. She then cut into the next lane and jumped ahead of me, and each time I tried to change lanes she eased her car 1/4 - 1/2 of the way into that lane to block me, then quickly cut back into her lane.
These were the most noteable instances. Just reminded me how my life use to be in the north bay, with agressive, stressed out people. I am SO glad to be back in Sacramento. Though I will prob leave here at some point (just to experience a change), I love it for all of the reasons you listed. It's a great area.
Just wanna give my 2 cents on the crime topic. Sounds like everyone says crime exists in any city and just have to deal with it. Well this is and isn't true. For example, crime exists hardcore in downtown LA, compton, watts, inglewood (much worse than almost anywhere in Sac i'm sure). Crime is also terrible in the tenderloin and several parts of SF too. The difference between these places and Sac is that there's also a ton of fun places that exist with very little or no crime. In LA there's santa monica, west LA, venice, silverlake, marina del ray, and many more. In SF there's plenty as well. In Sac sounds like you have midtown (and what appears to be downtown soon), and that's the difference. You can't have the only very active part of the city be ghetto and crime ridden. You either have many liveable fun areas (with some high crime and some not), or you make sure the small active central city is pretty clean. I just don't see Sac becoming nationally recognized until this major issue gets resolved.
For example, crime exists hardcore in downtown LA, compton, watts, inglewood (much worse than almost anywhere in Sac i'm sure). Crime is also terrible in the tenderloin and several parts of SF too. The difference between these places and Sac is that there's also a ton of fun places that exist with very little or no crime.
Sacramento's Midtown is a ton of fun, and there are very safe places like Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin, El Dorado Hills.
Comparing Sacramento to SF and LA is pointless for the most part in terms of big national and international status.
If Sacramento wants strive to be "more" than it is, then Portland, Denver, Austin, Orlando, San Antonio, KC, San Diego are more within our reach -- not that we want to be exactly like any of those cities, rather there are pieces of each of those cities that we can borrow from.
My favorite places in LA are the city beaches, Venice/Santa Monica - not exactly safe.
Next favorite in LA is Hollywood, Weho, Silverlake/Loz Feliz - you have to watch your back there too, not exactly safe.
I wouldn't call downtown Sac ghetto, the homeless are fairly harmless. Oakland is a lot scarier.
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Originally Posted by sponsor83
I just don't see Sac becoming nationally recognized until this major issue gets resolved.
Sacramentans for the most part really don't give a damn if Sacramento is nationally recognized or not although it is happening organically.
Santa monica not safe? Maybe the few blocks by the local city college. Otherwise it doesn't get much safer except for maybe Irvine. I was just saying that urban and crime dont always go hand in hand...nothing to do with sac trying to be an international city
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