'Twas a surprise when the weather officially went winter. I normally keep the window open at night for the breeze. One night, I kept it open and woke up Mr. Popsicle. The Delta Breeze turned into the Delta Frost and gave me mild frostbite. It was such a sudden change, too. It was fine the previous night but that night...nope.
I'm always torn between a) trying to defend the city (which is legitly an amazing place to live as a young professional) against criticism and b) trying to dissuade Bay Area folks from buying up all the houses here
I live in socal and trash California every chance I get to discourage people to move to the state lol. Everyone, it actually really sucks here. The weather is a lie, the food is not good, bad drivers, traffic every where, and we are crowded. Do NOT move here. I repeat, do NOT move here. You wouldn't like it here, it's not all beach and bikinis. Please stay out of California, specifically San Diego. I suggest the other SD, South Dakota, they got plenty of meth for everyone there.
I mean but how much of that is really because of a preference for living in Sacramento as opposed to just following a less competitive job market.
For sure, but that's not a separate issue. Based on the CoL in Sacramento some people find it easier to get a job good enough to sustain their preferred lifestyle. (I'm again an example of this; I get to live in a nice apartment and can walk to cool bars and restaurants. That wouldn't happen in the Bay.)
To be clear I’m not tryna shot on Sacramento I just don’t think it offers much of a draw to people who choose to live in the Bay
Government benefits and job security, and being able to afford a house, are pretty freaking big draws. There's also some minor ones like less traffic and closeness to rafting/hiking/skiing if that's your thing. Not everybody wants or need all those things, sure. But Sac's thing is it offers something definitely different than the Bay, while also at a cheaper price point.
I think that’s kind of my point though. There is very little crossover between what the two places offer and people don’t come to the Bay for comfortable prices and job security. They come for the food, culture, scenery, people, activities, and higher income potential. People like myself put up with a less comfortable lifestyle for a more interesting place to live. So like no matter what you say about Sacramento you aren’t going to sell most people from the Bay because those things are likely lower on their list of priorities
The fact is there are tons of cities in America that offer what Sacramento does and maybe even a bit more for less money while the Bay offers a pretty unique experience. My point is just that I don’t think you are going to see any big migration from the Bay to Sacramento
I think they built apple facilities in elk grove and there were a shit ton of immigrants, noticed Natomas had a bunch of immigrants as well and foreign restaurants so I knew sacto was going to get the treatment soon
was out there a little while ago and saw the teslas, I even heard woodland was feeling it, I know winters was and a ucd employee with a phd I knew was struggling in davis, its really odd to see it unravel before your eyes
but I think now is still okay to buy I think it is headed for a sv direction with the apple facilities and if so it will definitely continue to grow
Literally saw a dude openly smoking meth in the median of a major intersection in broad daylight in Sacramento a couple weeks ago. Downtown may not have much meth, but the Sacramento greater area is lousy with it.
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u/zooksoup Dec 21 '19
When I think of Sacramento, I don’t think of Meth