Moving to Sac?

[Anonymous]

My family (me, DH, and DD 8) have lived in Berkeley for 6 years. I just got a job that’s located in Sacramento. Mostly remote, 1-2 days a week in the office, can take Amtrak and work, not be there 8 full hours. DH fully remote except some work travel. We’re trying to decide if we should move. We could buy a nicer house in at least as good of a school district for maybe 60% of what our house costs and actually retire some day. We’re both from the Midwest so Sacramento doesn’t feel too small or too hot or not cosmopolitan enough. I hate moving though and would miss friends, DD would miss her friends. Thoughts? And recommendations where to focus our search if we move?

[Anonymous]

I’m in Sacramento and we enjoy it out here. I tell friends that it’s the Midwest of Sacramento in that it feels more laid back, receives a lot of hate, but is a good place for families.

What type of neighborhood are you looking to move into? If you’re looking for older houses in established neighborhoods there are places near downtown (East Sacramento, Land park, Midtown, Arden), college town (Davis), suburban (Elk Grove, Folsom, Roseville, Granite Bay). The biggest challenge with the established neighborhoods is that the public high schools aren’t great so many people look to the parochial high schools or private.

[Anonymous]

OP here - thank you. We’d much prefer public schools for a variety of reasons. Just based on houses we see, schools, and proximity, Davis, Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, and Folsom are on our radar. I see a lot of nice houses in EDH too but it seems less of a community, lots of new subdivisions.

[Anonymous]

For proximity to east bay, I’d highly recommend Davis for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thank you. We’d much prefer public schools for a variety of reasons. Just based on houses we see, schools, and proximity, Davis, Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, and Folsom are on our radar. I see a lot of nice houses in EDH too but it seems less of a community, lots of new subdivisions.

Lots of community in well established neighborhoods in El Dorado Hills. Worth checking out. I would rank it ahead of Roseville and Folsom. Davis is kind of a unique case; you have to be ok with the very small college town vibe (now surrounded by expansive housing developments).