Templeton:Does it reign supreme as the best small town in SLO County? (Santa Barbara: school)

[Dean Trails]

Templeton appears to be a nice, clean and attractive town on the central coast. It has good weather and a rural feeling. Also, has a new medical facility.
Any thoughts both pro and con for this city as a retirement area?

[.highnlite]

Templeton has had the same scourge attack it as so many towns in the area. Development. It used to be a nice little town, now it is like everywhere else.

The stockyard is closing, to smelly for the new comers. Hoover's Beef Palace is still there, but for how long?

The Fourth of July Parade is still a loop parade, but as the town grows, that may change too.


Try this. What will you like to do for fun for your retirement, golf? Hiking? etc. What town in the area is closest to what you want to be doing. Hiking might make Cuyama the perfect place. Golf, anywhere... will do. etc.

If you are set on Templeton, personally I would find a few acres to the east of Templeton, Creston, Pozo etc.

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

Templeton has had the same scourge attack it as so many towns in the area. Development. It used to be a nice little town, now it is like everywhere else.

The stockyard is closing, to smelly for the new comers. Hoover's Beef Palace is still there, but for how long?

The Fourth of July Parade is still a loop parade, but as the town grows, that may change too.


Try this. What will you like to do for fun for your retirement, golf? Hiking? etc. What town in the area is closest to what you want to be doing. Hiking might make Cuyama the perfect place. Golf, anywhere... will do. etc.

If you are set on Templeton, personally I would find a few acres to the east of Templeton, Creston, Pozo etc.

After reading some of your posts, i quite like what you do. Have a few acres and raise my own food and live lightly on the land. I don't golf but mountain bike, walk the trails, watersports, drink in the beauty, might take a time at sailing or kayaking, work with my hands and perhaps build a dwelling. Other things as well that require natural beauty.

Not set on Templeton, just saw some photos of the area and it seemed attractive. At the moment, doing the research stage. Thanks for the suggestions, i will study them.

[.highnlite]

SLO County and Santa Barbara County have a lot of people that think as you and I, the weather is good, the trails are plentiful. CCCMB is a great group of Mountain Bikers they too give back to the community.

[TrueTimbers]

Yep,
I agree Templeton is a awful place. That darn Templeton Gap lets all that awful moderate marine air come over the hill...

Seriously though.. I must admit it is on our short list of areas to relocate in from Wisconsin.

I am an organic farmer/woodworker and my spouse cares for elderly, we have kids in school, but are rural self sufficient types. (I typically go to town once a week to sell my products, and get supplies.)

We are comfortable going to a town with a couple thousand people, can tolerate ones with 20K people, and freak out and get real uptight in larger cities..

Prozo and Creston seem more affordable, but my thinking is it is dryer, hotter and less forested and grazing land only ... We melt over 90 and require a more "bucolic" setting..

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by TrueTimbers

Yep,
I agree Templeton is a awful place. That darn Templeton Gap lets all that awful moderate marine air come over the hill...

Seriously though.. I must admit it is on our short list of areas to relocate in from Wisconsin.

I am an organic farmer/woodworker and my spouse cares for elderly, we have kids in school, but are rural self sufficient types. (I typically go to town once a week to sell my products, and get supplies.)

We are comfortable going to a town with a couple thousand people, can tolerate ones with 20K people, and freak out and get real uptight in larger cities..

Prozo and Creston seem more affordable, but my thinking is it is dryer, hotter and less forested and grazing land only ... We melt over 90 and require a more "bucolic" setting..

Yes, i used to live up near the Wisconsin Northwoods and believe you will find the central coast a different "animal". The forested areas tend to be northern California and up in the Sierra.

The closer you are to the coast the less 90 degree days you will have. Paso Robles has very warm summers and cool winters. Well not as cold as Wisconsin but you get my drift? When i first came to California in January, i wore tee-shirts and wondered why the locals were in parkas. It was like a fine spring day.

I do organic gardening as well and need some good soil and water. A 15k town would be about right. Check out Arroyo Grande as it may meet your needs.

[TrueTimbers]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

Yes, i used to live up near the Wisconsin Northwoods and believe you will find the central coast a different "animal". The forested areas tend to be northern California and up in the Sierra.

The closer you are to the coast the less 90 degree days you will have. Paso Robles has very warm summers and cool winters. Well not as cold as Wisconsin but you get my drift? When i first came to California in January, i wore tee-shirts and wondered why the locals were in parkas. It was like a fine spring day.

I do organic gardening as well and need some good soil and water. A 15k town would be about right. Check out Arroyo Grande as it may meet your needs.

Thanks.. Will do!! We will be out for a few weeks in early June to kick around a bit.. Last trip was north of SF this trip will be getting a good feel for just south of Lomopoc, SLO county and SC county.. Maybe shoot up and over and check out Butte county, maybe not... Because we do like the coastal influence in more than one way....


Be well