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Tell me about Sacramento?
I have a good friend that offered me a place to live he lives in Sacramento. Said we could find an apartment together, o I could go to his existing apartment. He is totally ok with my animals and said that as I get on my feet, we won't worry about a 50/50 split, that I could just pay him whatever and work out the details as I get more settled.
He is a very good, platonic friend and I would have someone around to watch out for me, I wouldn't be all alone and I would feel safer. So I am concidring his offer....the only thing holding me back is that he is like a big brother, and treats me like a baby sister. Always worried, watching out for me..and I want to be on my own and don't really want someone watching over me, although it's not a bad thing.
Anyway, he lives in Vacaville, outside Sacramento. What's it like there, in general?
thanks :)
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Vacaville is hot and windy!! That's all I can think of right now.
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Ooooooooooooooooooo! I'd go in a heartbeat.
I stopped in West Sacramento (& the capital building area) for dinner three months ago and it made me so homesick- the city has been "gentrifying" nicely (they cleaned it up a lot when Schwartznegger took office as governor.)
The weather is wonderful, the food is great and you're not far from San Francisco if you want to go have fun on the weekend. I think Northern California would be the right place for someone with your personality.
PS You'll need a car if you live in a suburb town, but that's no huge deal compared to the advantages of moving there.
(PM me for more info, I didn't want to put too much personal info out there. IMO this is the best place you could relocate to in terms of personal opportunities and quality of life.)
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Ugh. No to Vacaville. Crap town in the middle of nowhere. Hot, windy, dirty come to mind. Cowtown - smells horrible from the cattle. Seriously there is nothing to do and nowhere to go there. The only good thing in Vacaville are the outlet stores (but those arent even good ones) I wouldnt live there. BUT Davis is very close which is a college town with lots to do but its a bit yuppy. I guess it all depends on what your goals are by moving to Vacaville - what you want to do, etc.
If you DO move there Im less than an hour away :)
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Hmmm...I haven't noticed a smell.
Boyfriend and I venture out to Vacaville every now and again because they have a different selection of chain restaurants than Napa or Fairfield, where we usually go. What I have noticed is that there seems to be alot of open land and some newer construction of like shopping centers, restaurants and strip malls. That's about all I know.
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hmm...2 very opposing views.
cow smells don't bother me. I grew up on a farm :) and I am also craving some country living...that part of Vacaville sounds nice, country ish setting, yet close to a big city if I get a craving for it. That's appealing to me.
Hot? Im in Vegas, LOL. I can handle heat. Can't be any hotter there than here.
My friend says there are hospitals for me to work at in the area, and there are colleges for e to go to school. He also says that if I prefer, we can move to Davis or even Sacramento, he is flexible. He's totally willing to find a different place to live in a different area and accomodate my pets and everything...he's really my best friend I've made on this side of the country. I origionally turned down his offer, but my boyfriend or whatever is pushing me to move there with him, he thinks it's my best choice because it's close to where I want to be ( I really want to live in the west coast nearthe ocean eventually) plus, I have a friend to watch out for me. So he thinks it's the smartest thing for me to do. So I am reconcidering the offer...
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I think it's weird that this guy is so invested in helping you out that he's willing to move or whatever to support you. When that happens, it usually means that a guy really really wants you to need him, and that's probably because he will feel comfortable trotting out some unacceptable behavior when you need him and can't leave. Just saying.
I drove through Sac once. Crazy traffic. I pulled over and waited rush hour out in a mall-ish parking lot. People looked nice.
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OK. Not hotter than Vegas - Sacramento was in the high 100s (110+) the past week and gets really hot but its cooled down to the mid 90s lately.
Vacaville - farm town, very little, nothing to do.
Davis (next door to Vacaville) UCDavis - very hard UC to get into. GREAT hospitals, UCD is typically a medical school. Yuppish, good nightlife, stuff to do because its a college town.
Sacramento - huge. Depends on WHERE in Sacramento. There are great suburbs (where I live is one) and horrible areas you do NOT want to live in (South Sac, Del Paso Heights, parts of Elk Grove, etc) West Sac is a flood zone. Have to be careful about that.
B and I thought about moving to Davis recently but Im happy here and dont want to move.
If you move to Sacramento you can go to American River which is a great CC, if you move further up closer to me (Roseville) you can go to Sierra College which is another great CC. Both prep you for SacState or UCD. I dont remember how far along you are in schooling - you can easily go to SacState but Davis is a different story.
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Lena
I think it's weird that this guy is so invested in helping you out that he's willing to move or whatever to support you. When that happens, it usually means that a guy really really wants you to need him, and that's probably because he will feel comfortable trotting out some unacceptable behavior when you need him and can't leave. Just saying.
I drove through Sac once. Crazy traffic. I pulled over and waited rush hour out in a mall-ish parking lot. People looked nice.
Yea, West Sac, Downtown (where 80 and i-5 meet) is a horrible area with horrible traffic.
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AudreyLeigh
Yea, West Sac, Downtown (where 80 and i-5 meet) is a horrible area with horrible traffic.
Lollers! My brother and I got hung up in traffic in West Sac and drove all the way to Davis to turn around on I-5.
I can't say much more due to the reasons I listed in the PM, but IMO this is a good place to go. You're young, single and have no attachments...Relocating there and living on your own s totally do-able.
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Vacaville is in Solano County along the I-80 corridor. Mostly a bedroom community for the Bay Area and Sac. 2 hours to the ocean or 2 hours to the Sierras. Davis is 20 minutes east, Sac 10 minutes beyond that. SF about 1-1.5 hours at the right time. Winter temps no worse than Vegas, but with some rain. Home to a large State medical prison facility.
Solano Comm. College is in Fairfield 15 minutes west with a Nursing Program.
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Oh yea - forgot theres a prison up there. Freaky.
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Yep and the top 10 state workers with the largest overtime pay were all nurses in state prisons or state mental hospitals, including a woman who earned $198,000 in OT on top of a base pay of $108,000. The state needs nurses.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000
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Lena
I think it's weird that this guy is so invested in helping you out that he's willing to move or whatever to support you. When that happens, it usually means that a guy really really wants you to need him, and that's probably because he will feel comfortable trotting out some unacceptable behavior when you need him and can't leave. Just saying.
I drove through Sac once. Crazy traffic. I pulled over and waited rush hour out in a mall-ish parking lot. People looked nice.
He's not willing to support me, it isn't like that. but more of, pay me what yoou can until you can afford to split things 50-50. he's only willing to move because his lease is up soon and he will be looking for a new place anyway, and he is flexible to where he can move because of his job. He's really just a good friend. Friends help each other out, don't they? Do people always need a hidden selfish motive? Can nobody be trusted? This is like the only real friend i have in the world, and I need to justify his actions and defend him because he can't truly just be a good friend wanting to help out a friend he cares for.
maybe I just have a way of explaining things that leads me to get misinterpreted and misunderstood all the time.
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Peanut_Butter
He's not willing to support me, it isn't like that. but more of, pay me what yoou can until you can afford to split things 50-50. he's only willing to move because his lease is up soon and he will be looking for a new place anyway, and he is flexible to where he can move because of his job.
I understand Lena's concern, I have dealt with men like she described. But knowing what I know about Northern California rents, your friend is making out equally well in this proposed deal because if you cover half the rent and prove to be a good room mate, it takes a load off of his budget and will be a nice arrangement in the long run.
(Example- my friend J, in Davis had a monthly rent of about a grand- a 2 bedroom older bungalow next to the tracks [no shit!] He and his room mate lived very modestly. Thank God they liked eachother, otherwise sharing such a small space would have been disasterous.)
Definitely make this work.
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Peanut_Butter
He's not willing to support me, it isn't like that. but more of, pay me what yoou can until you can afford to split things 50-50. he's only willing to move because his lease is up soon and he will be looking for a new place anyway, and he is flexible to where he can move because of his job. He's really just a good friend. Friends help each other out, don't they? Do people always need a hidden selfish motive? Can nobody be trusted? This is like the only real friend i have in the world, and I need to justify his actions and defend him because he can't truly just be a good friend wanting to help out a friend he cares for.
maybe I just have a way of explaining things that leads me to get misinterpreted and misunderstood all the time.
The lease thing makes sense. Maybe I misread, but to me there's a difference between saying "hey, if you need a place my doors open, stay as long as you need" (which I would/have done plenty) and "omg, you NEED help! come stay with me! I'll move wherever you want to live if you come stay with me!" Yanno?
Or maybe I'm a jaded bitch. That's definitely a strong possibility. :P
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^ I know what you mean. I guess it is the way I explain things, but it was more of a" hey, need a place to stay, my door's open" kinda thing.
He doesn't have much money and struggles to make ends meet, and that's why he said I could just pay whatever I can afford until we can work out a better agreement, because anythign helps..if I give him just 1/3 of the bills, it still relieves some strain on him.
I don't forsee this as a permenant thing, as I really really crave being on my own, but since my financing plan to move out fell through, this option is actually do able. I dont need to com eup with thousands of dollars to move and pay for deposits and everything.
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Dirty Ernie
Yep and the top 10 state workers with the largest overtime pay were all nurses in state prisons or state mental hospitals, including a woman who earned $198,000 in OT on top of a base pay of $108,000. The state needs nurses.
Damn, I didnt know that... may be time to change my major to nursing... well, my husband runs a Convalescent (sp?) home in Vallejo which is about 30 minutes away from Vacaville and is always looking for nurses, CNAs, etc.
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I say go for it PB - the worse that can happen is it doesnt work out and youre back in the same place you started. The best that can happen is you love it and everything works out great. Sometimes in life you have to take a chance and throw caution into the wind.
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AudreyLeigh
Damn, I didnt know that... may be time to change my major to nursing... well, my husband runs a Convalescent (sp?) home in Vallejo which is about 30 minutes away from Vacaville and is always looking for nurses, CNAs, etc.
Can you find out how much CNA's get paid at that place for me please?
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He says hes not 100% because he doesnt do the hiring but hes guessing around $13/hr. He said everywhere is always looking for CNAs so you should have no problem finding a job. I asked him about working there while you look for something closer and he said as long as you dont blackmail him with nudie photos of his wife. :biggrin: He said he can't make any promises but they're always looking - thats a position with a high turnover.
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Vacaville.... yea no. Although my mom is a nurse and she found that they pay more up in Sac for nurses hourlies. Maybe they treat CNA's the same way? Vallejo is scary as hell. Its like one giant ghetto city. There really is nothing nice about it.
However, in Sacramento quality of living would be better. Rent is higher than Vacaville but waaay lower than here [San Diego]. I grew up in Sac. Vacaville definitely sucks though. Boring, dry, nothing fun, farmy, blah. Since his lease is up soon and you both have a choice of places to move to go to Sac. There are many nice and affordable areas to live in.
Anything else you wanna know specifically just post.
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Definately do not move to Vallejo.
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how easy is it to find an apartment that allows small dogs and cats?
Like, in Pittsburgh where I'm from, practicially nowhere allows pets, but in Vega,s everywhere allows it.
So how easy is it to find in Sacramento?
are there any stip clubs worth workign in around there, or is it like the hell I read about for LA strip clubs?
I've never been to cali ever.....strange as it sounds, being that I'm a few hours a way....well, once I went to six flags, but that's it.
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In Sacramento there is Gold Club Centerfolds, Deja Vu, City Limits, The Body Shop, and Embers.
Ive worked at all of them but settled nicely at The Body Shop. But, dont forget Reno is not too far which is where I work now - weekends. If youre ok working full nude clubs Centerfolds is your best bet.
Sacramento is easy to get to. Hwy 99, I-5 and I-80 all meet up in downtown Sacramento.
Hmmm... places with animals - hit or miss... I know my place allows cats but dogs are a no. My parents stopped by with their dog (15 lbs) and I got reamed by management. My previous apartment you could have cats and dogs. Thats a matter of checking around once you find the part of Sacramento you want to live in.
What are your major goals and what do you need nearby? Youre in school, correct? I can try to help you choose a neighborhood... Sacramento is funny like that. Depending on the area you live on you can love it or hate it. Where I lived previously I hated living here but where Im at now (20 minutes away) I love it. There are so many choices.