Nor Cal people help me out

[marincounty]

I would avoid Redding, unless you like it very hot. Predicted 100 deg. tomorrow.
Sacramento is almost as hot with lots of traffic and people. Chico is very hot but has the legendary party school Chico St.
I think you want to live nearer the coast.
Marin is beautiful but very expensive and lots of traffic. Sonoma is very nice and more affordable, but a harder place to make a living. Mendocino is more affordable still, but again difficult to make a good living there. Humboldt county is nice, but hot in summer, colder in winter, and very few decent jobs unless you are a "grower".

 

[TheSiege]

well i live in provo utah and its gets pretty hot here also, this july was the hottest july on record, if its not worse then here then i can handle it

 

[TheSiege]

http://www.city-data.com/city/Provo-Utah.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Redding-California.html

redding is a little hotter in the summer, but not as cold in the winter

 

[S Freud]

Eugene is a yuppy town, I will agree there. I'm in college and live in Corvallis. I like most things about the area, but as one poster above said. Too much rain down here. I like Corvallis because its got what you need in driving distance, about 1.5-2 hours from the coast. This place is infested with hippy liberals though, makes me sick. As far as rowdy goes, I don't see that being a problem where I live, I don't know about Eugene though.

 

[IGBT]

..corning or susanville. I like redbluff.

 

[TheSiege]

anyone else have any input?

 

[TheSiege]

any redding people around

 

[BoomerD]

Keep in mind that while you may belong to the same International Union, you won't belong to the local union, and with construction being pretty much in the toilet right now, the local may not let you in...Why would they give work to someone from outside the area when their local hands are on the out-of-work list?

 

[TheSiege]

yeah im familiar with how the locals work, construction is huge where i am right now, ill be here for the next 5 years. I just want to buy the land, and have things in order when i do decide to move,

 

[BoomerD]

Then an extended vacation would be the best way to do your research...Take a couple of weeks and start driving...You'll see first-hand what the land looks like, maybe meet some of the locals in restaurants/grocery stores, etc., have the opportunity to check out the local real estate offices to see what land is going for, and what kind of place you can get for the money...reading the description over the intarweb is often quite deceptive...

 

[Dr. Detroit]

http://redding.craigslist.org/rfs/

Redding has it's own Craigslist so thats always a decent place to do some research. Locals will give you lots of info as well!

 

[WildHorse]

It's Caspar for you

or of course Clearlake.

 

[Red Dawn]

Actually despite what that Wanker said Grants Pass is nice, Ashford is even nicer. Medford is meh.

 

[BoomerD]

Grant's Pass is a VERY nice town, but according to many of the locals I've met, they have quite a meth problem there...and, when we were there in 2005, Kahleeforneeya's high housing prices were impacting the prices in GP as well.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: TheSiege
yeah im thinking medford oregon might be better

or Roseburg if you can handle the rain/smaller town
Hwy 42 will take you straight to Coos Bay, still a two hour drive
you're going to have to go rural/very small town if you want to live within 50 miles of the coast

what is Eureka like?

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: TheSiege
yeah im thinking medford oregon might be better

or Roseburg if you can handle the rain/smaller town
Hwy 42 will take you straight to Coos Bay, still a two hour drive
you're going to have to go rural/very small town if you want to live within 50 miles of the coast

what is Eureka like?

Eureka is the weed growing capital of the golden triangle! Extremely laid back community but it suffers from too much rain, fog, and gloom. Hardly a warm summer day on the coast, inland gets warmer and is nicer. It's the largest coastal town in upper Nor-Cal though.

Clear lake is another spendy area as its only a 2hr drive from San Fran. Lots of summer homes, cool community, plenty of culture with lots of concerts at Konocti.

Ashland (not Ashford as posted above) Oregon, is a cool town but prices are spendy as it is a college town plus an artsy cultural village with pretty good mountian slopes. Downside is it can snow a lot in the winter. Lots of California transplants.

Roseburg is a defunct logging town in the middle of nowhere. Yuck! Way too much rain & gloom with zero culture!

I would still rate Redding highest of all the Southern Oregon towns listed.

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
Redding

hells yea come on up to redding

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: TheSiege

Originally posted by: Dirigible
If you want maritime, Redding, Sacramento, Chico, etc. are all out. Hot hot hot in the summer. Not close to the ocean.

Whenever I'm heading North along the coast, it's to camp or vacation and I just pass through, so I don't know much about it. My impression is that you have to go pretty dang far north to get decent housing prices. No idea what you'd do for work. Eureka/Aracata is the only city type place that comes to my mind when I think North of Sacramento and on the coast (I've also never heard anyone say north of Sacremento when talking about coastal stuff - Sacramento is the central valley). Also, the beaches aren't exactly the same as sunny SoCal beaches. I've never gone swimming north of Stinson, and seem to recall lots of "danger, rough surf" type signs.

i hate, Sacramento, i used to live there, and never will again,

Ah. That explains it.

Redding is nice in many ways. As you say, it's pretty close to Shasta. There's some nice mountain biking near there, with a good race series (http://www.teambigfoot.net/), and plenty of outdoor activities.


By no stretch of the imagination would I call it maritime or close to the ocean though, and it gets too hot in the summer for me. But then, I am weak and would perish if I lived in a place where it got over 80 degrees more than a handful of times in a year.

yea the heat here can kinda suck. but you get used to it.

 

[Sukhoi]

I just drove through Redding, Eureka, and Crescent City the past few days. None are super fantastic but I would definitely rate Redding the best. Crescent City is a hole, and Eureka is just kinda meh. But man CA-299 from Redding to Eureka is NUTS. 120 miles of tight turns! I think it took about 5,000 miles off my tires.

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
I just drove through Redding, Eureka, and Crescent City the past few days. None are super fantastic but I would definitely rate Redding the best. Crescent City is a hole, and Eureka is just kinda meh. But man CA-299 from Redding to Eureka is NUTS. 120 miles of tight turns! I think it took about 5,000 miles off my tires.

yea I've driven that many times. my friend crashed his bmw on it in the rain.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: jawknee530

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
I just drove through Redding, Eureka, and Crescent City the past few days. None are super fantastic but I would definitely rate Redding the best. Crescent City is a hole, and Eureka is just kinda meh. But man CA-299 from Redding to Eureka is NUTS. 120 miles of tight turns! I think it took about 5,000 miles off my tires.

yea I've driven that many times. my friend crashed his bmw on it in the rain.

Not surprising at all. I had no idea what I was getting into (though it was fun!). On the map it looked like it might be kinda windy here and there, but nothing serious. Boy was I wrong! Them turns don't end until you get to Eureka. :Q

BTW what was up with the OBSCENE amount of cops out? I know it was Labor Day weekend, but over two days I literally saw probably 25-30 cops in a half-day or so total driving between CA-299 and US-101 from Eureka up to Crescent City and back. Is that area always that loaded with cops? I felt like I was in a police state or something. Then today the whole way down US-101 and CA-1 I don't think I saw one cop.

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Ukiah, where I live....is rather expensive for what it is. Not a bad place to live at all though. Hotter than shit to us in summer (105ish today)

Further north here in Mendocino County are more towns....Willits being the only one of real decent size. I'm not too sure about things up by Eureka/Crescent City.

Recommending Willits as a place to live is wicked cruelty!

lol

I hung out for awhile in Caspar, and think that may be a lesser-known, affordable place to live on the beautiful California coast.

edit: Maybe I'm confusing Willits with Williams

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: jawknee530

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
I just drove through Redding, Eureka, and Crescent City the past few days. None are super fantastic but I would definitely rate Redding the best. Crescent City is a hole, and Eureka is just kinda meh. But man CA-299 from Redding to Eureka is NUTS. 120 miles of tight turns! I think it took about 5,000 miles off my tires.

yea I've driven that many times. my friend crashed his bmw on it in the rain.

Not surprising at all. I had no idea what I was getting into (though it was fun!). On the map it looked like it might be kinda windy here and there, but nothing serious. Boy was I wrong! Them turns don't end until you get to Eureka. :Q

BTW what was up with the OBSCENE amount of cops out? I know it was Labor Day weekend, but over two days I literally saw probably 25-30 cops in a half-day or so total driving between CA-299 and US-101 from Eureka up to Crescent City and back. Is that area always that loaded with cops? I felt like I was in a police state or something. Then today the whole way down US-101 and CA-1 I don't think I saw one cop.

its not always loaded from what I've seen.