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Bill Rose wrote:
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Just out of curiosity, what small towns in California might be
recommended for (1) good place to reti (2) good place to garden.
I'm currently living in a tornado alley and it doesn't seem to me to
be a very good place to settle down. I'd like to live inland.
Thanks in advance!
Certainly is cheaper inland but the central valley in the summer is HOT.
Talking 105 F with weeks off 100 F. I think the foothills is the latest
niche if you don't have to drive to work. I would think around an hour
from Redding, Sacremento or Fresno would be OK. All three are college
towns, so there would be some intellectual stimulation. Must be some
on-line realtors. Near Auburn, East of Sacremento, on Route 80, would
have you on the way up to Lake Tahoe. Down side would be that Sacremento
is a large employer, so the market may already be tight. I like hills
and lakes so, I'd probably prefer the Redding - Chico area. But if you
find the right house, it could be anywhere. Sit down before you look at
prices.
Good luck,
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)
My mom's house is for sale in Georgetown, Calif. It's
within a reasonable commute to Sacramento (about an hour
away), but it's up in the foothills at 2500' MSL, so it
doesn't get the brutal summer heat of the valley and doesn't
get the deep snows of the High Sierra.
Gorgeous house -- my little brother, the building contractor,
built it. My mom, with her green thumb & PhD in botany, laid it
out for easy/good gardening (the house & yard). (The inside looked
like a conservatory. I quit travelling with my mom because she
was always stealing cuttings, then smuggling them across state/
international borders. I was *so* freaking worried that we'd
get busted!)
The house sits on one acre, has it's own well, propane backup
generator (the power can go out for a week at a time in the hills),
woodburning fireplace with a heatalator thingy'bob along with
um, I think propane heat. (Gee, I'm not sure what the primary
heat is.) Air conditioning. Killer view. Decks. 2 car garage.
1-1/2 bedrooms, 2 baths. (Ma didn't want any of us to move home.
She put a futon in a small room that would make an awesome
home office.) Walk-in master closet and the master bath is
bigger than my kitchen.
Mature pine trees, two cherished cedar trees and one oak tree
on the property.
The house is in USDA Zone 7. Cold enough for apple/pear trees.
Hot enough to grow tomatoes out in the yard. Very nice growing
season!
The town has, oh, maybe a couple of thousand people. It's an
old Gold Rush town. Lots of Victorian buildings downtown and
a big supermarket down in the new mall a mile down the highway
from downtown. Ma's house is about a mile from downtown, headed
"upcountry."
Email for details...
Jan in Alaska
--
Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat.