Is Sacramento, California a good place to live? How is the quality of life?

Sacramento and the outskirt towns have become more and more populated, largely because people from the San Francisco Bay Area have been moving up here in droves. Unfortunately, this has driven up the crime rate, the price of housing and the formation of a huge homeless population that is not being addressed effectively by the counties or the State. Sadly, even areas that used to be considered safe and elite are affected by these changes. If there’s anything positive to say about living here, it would be that the housing prices and cost of living are still less than the Bay Area. Access to Tahoe and the foothills still remains good, so it is easy to get out of town to venture into the countryside of various areas. But unless you are wealthy the quality of life has gone down and is not pleasant anymore for the average citizen who has to struggle to work to make ends meet.

Sacramento gets quite hot in summer. The temperature consistently reaches 100 degrees during June, July, and August. I recommend living in a house or apartment that has a pool. If you don’t have access to a pool, a good air conditioning unit will provide relief from summer heat.

Sacramento is the city of trees. Because of this, the air is very clean, and the people are kind. Midtown provides a fun nightlife if you’re in the mood for drinks or karaoke. The rent is not cheap; however, you get what you pay for. I highly recommend living in Sacramento.