How long till stores come to plumas lake, ca? (Sacramento: how much, houses)

[bbluth]

I have been looking into moving from Sacramento to Plumas Lake because of the low priced houses, but am concerned about having nothing to do out there. I would be driving to Sacramento 2-3 times/week for work. It looks like a new grocery store is being built on the main street, but there is no sign. Does anyone know what it is? Is the closest mall Roseville's Galleria? I know Marysville is not too far and has fast food and stores. Any help is appreciated, I am at the stage of looking inside homes and almost ready to purchase, and my main concern is how quickly growth might begin.

[CityGirl72]

My best friend lives out there - she has a family. And yeah she's pretty bored out there. SHe says there's not much choice for grocery store and she has to go to Yuba City for a mall, but she'll drive farther to get better shopping in Roseville

SHe said more stores were promised - but everything halted because cuz of the housing crisis - so it's going to be a loooooong while.

[CityGirl72]

Oh yeah - and it's kind of Redneck Hicksville out there too

Marysville is kind of a pit

[bbluth]

Thanks, I've heard alot of that so far.

[CityGirl72]

Oh and that 70 freeway gets a TON of fog and people drive crazy fast. So there are a lot of crashes out that way - just to tell you since you are driving into Sac a couple times a week for work

[wburg]

Generally, if you don't like small-town living, don't move to a small town. Plenty of folks value and enjoy small-town life, and I'm sure a lot of them don't want to see their community turned into another strip mall suburb. Take a look at how much you'll spend on gas, and add that to what you spend on rent, and you'll have an idea of how much you can afford to pay living in a place close to where you want to work and play.

[zen_klown]

This region desperately needs more strip mall suburbs. Oak Park is significantly closer to downtown, its a more walkable community, and significantly more affordible than Plumas Lake. Yet people will commute miles everyday for the charms for an affordible suburban edge community.

People like living in a neighborhood with good schools where the streets are safe enough for the children to feel free to play outside. The more urban the community, often the more urban the problems like gangs or prostitution.

As long as smart growth means mixed income, people are going to flee it.

[bbluth]

Thanks. My house will be paid free and clear. I do like small town living, but have a 17 year old to consider. Most of her friends live in Rocklin, where we lived a couple of years ago. I do worry a little about her driving on that 70.

[wburg]

zen_klown: Not sure where smart growth or Oak Park entered into it. My thought is that if you like suburbs, move to the suburbs. I suppose I see a disconnect between wanting to move to a small town and wanting to have suburban amenities close at hand. I didn't even suggest a move to the central city, just a move to the places with the amenities that the OP desired--which sounded to me like the suburbs.

Although it depends on the suburb: Sacramento's worst neighborhoods for gangs and prostitution are neighborhoods of single-family homes that nobody in their right mind would call "urban."

Suburbs are as different from small towns as they are different from cities, and suburban living isn't small-town living. There are things for a teenage boy to do in the country: outdoor sports like hiking, fishing, hunting, etc. all appeal to young men. If the issue is that he'll want to maintain contact with his friends, then that's something that would be an issue no matter where you move.

[wburg]

Okay, I misread your post (thought she was a he) and the board isn't letting me edit, but the same thought process applies...if she wants to maintain contact with friends, she'll be on the road one way or another, and small towns have things to do, but they're generally outdoor things or things that require someone willing to find stuff to keep them busy. If she isn't the outdoorsy type, she may be bored...but by the time they build a mall out there, she'll probably have long since moved away.