jroberts427
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Fellow BARFians,
I was born in Utah but grew up in the Elk Grove/Sacramento area. Loved my time there for the most part. Great weather, great roads for riding year round. Being in Sac the only real question on the weekends was are we heading to the mountains or the coast? Bugged out about 10 years ago due to high property taxes, and watching my neighborhood go down hill fast. Decided I didn't want to raise my kids there.
So we moved back to Utah. Bought a house with more than double the square footage for the same price as my place in Elk Grove. Property tax is less than half of what I was paying in CA. Got my concealed carry permit in literally 4 hours but haven't felt like I really needed it. And, since moving back to Utah I haven't had anything stolen, which took a bit of getting used to lol. We love it here. Good neighbors, excellent out door options like Moab, Zions, etc. The only real negative is having to shovel snow occasionally and the cold months seem to drag on in the spring.
That said.....sometimes I think about heading back to Cali. Then I read about the increase in homeless in SF and LA, people leaving in droves, etc, etc. Maybe these are more of headlines that don't represent the rest of the state.
So I wanted to ask you guys. What's it like these days? No biggie? Thinking of leaving? Couldn't be happier?
Penny for your thoughts,
Justin
PS: not meant to be a political discussion. They are what they are. Some like Cali politics and some don't. We can leave it at that. The weather's still fantastic either way.
I was born in Utah but grew up in the Elk Grove/Sacramento area. Loved my time there for the most part. Great weather, great roads for riding year round. Being in Sac the only real question on the weekends was are we heading to the mountains or the coast? Bugged out about 10 years ago due to high property taxes, and watching my neighborhood go down hill fast. Decided I didn't want to raise my kids there.
So we moved back to Utah. Bought a house with more than double the square footage for the same price as my place in Elk Grove. Property tax is less than half of what I was paying in CA. Got my concealed carry permit in literally 4 hours but haven't felt like I really needed it. And, since moving back to Utah I haven't had anything stolen, which took a bit of getting used to lol. We love it here. Good neighbors, excellent out door options like Moab, Zions, etc. The only real negative is having to shovel snow occasionally and the cold months seem to drag on in the spring.
That said.....sometimes I think about heading back to Cali. Then I read about the increase in homeless in SF and LA, people leaving in droves, etc, etc. Maybe these are more of headlines that don't represent the rest of the state.
So I wanted to ask you guys. What's it like these days? No biggie? Thinking of leaving? Couldn't be happier?
Penny for your thoughts,
Justin
PS: not meant to be a political discussion. They are what they are. Some like Cali politics and some don't. We can leave it at that. The weather's still fantastic either way.
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