Best Place to live in grass valley?

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Fiddlehead

Hi TB,

According to mapquest, it's just over an hour to Sac from Grass Valley. Totally different feel though. Sacramento is a valley and river town, Grass Valley is a foothill town. I recall that Grass Valley and Nevada City, both very nice little towns, had a huge run up in the housing bubble. I think they are very much like Ashland, Oregon. Scenic, historic foothill towns. I would expect prices have dropped quite a bit, but I would suspect that they did not drop as much as Sac.

On another board you were comparing Sac. vs. Seattle. Sacramento has crashed so hard because many people from the Bay Area invested in second investment homes during the bubble, then cashed in their chips all at once. I think the thinking was that people would commute two hours to the Bay Area each way. That obviously did not happen.
Grass Valley is a different dynamic, retirees and telecommuters living the good life with bubble money. Nice, but not worth it, I would say. Not that you asked.....

Ah...okay, that makes sense - as to Sacramento's market versus Seattle. Unbelievable how much less houses are in Sac compared with Washington State. (Although Tacoma seems similar to Sac).

FH - This Sac forum is one of about 5-6 cities I often frequent - PIT being one of the most interesting cities by far, and a great forum to post on! SAC represents one of those affordable western U.S. cities that are still appealing for their West Coast-edness!

Keeping with the thread, Grass Valley/Nevada City seem interesting from what I've read about it so far. Hadn't heard of them before.

[Fiddlehead]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

Ah...okay, that makes sense - as to Sacramento's market versus Seattle. Unbelievable how much less houses are in Sac compared with Washington State. (Although Tacoma seems similar to Sac).

FH - This Sac forum is one of about 5-6 cities I often frequent - PIT being one of the most interesting cities by far, and a great forum to post on! SAC represents one of those affordable western U.S. cities that are still appealing for their West Coast-edness!

Keeping with the thread, Grass Valley/Nevada City seem interesting from what I've read about it so far. Hadn't heard of them before.

Grass Valley/Nevada City are great, just pricey. Have you checked out Chico? A great college town about an hour and half north. I met my wife there, so I am biased. No really it is big enough that you might find something affordable, but great fun and safer than Sac. Sacramento is a fine town overall, but not comparable to Puget Sound, Washington. The latter is a much more upscale area. I should add that the lack of a drop in Washington is just a delay, it was late to the party, and will be later to drop. Not sure if anything in Washington will drop as far as Sac. though.
I suspect many of the cheap neighborhoods are not so great. Again, Chico is a great town to check out, but buyer beware, it might still have a bit more to drop.