26-02-2003 07:08									#1
	Oerdin is moving to Sacramento Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Yep, that's right folks your dear fellow polytubby Oerdin is going to be moving from So. Cal. to Nor. Cal.. It's kind of weird because just yesterday I accepted a job in Irvine (southern California) which I'm supposed to start tomorrow morning at, but, this afternoon I got a call from a company I had interviewed with in Sacramento (northern California) which offered me 15% more. That's not a huge amount but it’s nothing to sneeze about either.

The big thing is I've only been to Sacramento about three times in my life and one of them was for about 6 hours so I could fly in for the interview and then fly out. Is anyone here familiar with the Sacramento area? Where are the nice places to live (are there any)? Besides going to Sacramento Kings games what else is there to do? I know Sacramento is only about 1.5 hours from San Francisco so I'm sure if I get really bored I could always head to the bay area on the weekends.

Anyone's help or advice would be helpful so I'm looking forward to hearing from you all.

	26-02-2003 07:11									#2
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I'm alittle worried about the weather since Sacramento is in land you don't get those cool moderating ocean breezes. After all I'm currently living in a place where the forcast is warm and sunny year round. I spoke with my parents and they tell me its nice to live in a place were you can see the seasons change and I have to admite that sounds like an interesting proposition.

What do you folks think?

	26-02-2003 07:11									#3
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It's also not far from Reno (read: gambling).

	26-02-2003 07:13									#4
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I forgot about that; gambling & skiing in the Lake Tahoe area will be close at hand. That sounds like a great weekend just waiting to happen. I'm starting to get excited here fellows.

	26-02-2003 07:14									#5
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My wife and I are thinking of moving out there as well.

	26-02-2003 07:15									#6
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Here's some info.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06067.html

You'll also want to be sure to click on the "Browse more data sets for Sacramento County, California" link for some real detail.

	26-02-2003 07:17									#7
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I was there yesterday and it looked like a really nice town even if it was a bit quite and the kind of place where everyone has two kids, a dog, and a minivan. On the up side though I noticed that housing prices are about 40% of what they are on the coast. You can buy a huge house for like $220,000 where as you couldn't buy an apartment for that much in San Diego and I'm sure San Fransisco is even worse.

	26-02-2003 07:21									#8
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It seems strange to me that you would move for only 15% more money, but I think that Sac is a little easier on rent (and housing prices). I don't know that much about Sac, but I live in Fresno. It gets hot in Sac, but not as hot as Fresno. I think you may see highs of 100 degrees in the summer, but not too often. Like Fresno, you are close to many goodies. Nice mountains, SF, Reno.

	26-02-2003 07:22									#9
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51% female population makes the odds favorable for a horny little white boy like myself. I'm used to living in San Diego where the large number of naver and marine corp bases make the population 2/3 male. It will be nice to be out numbered by ladies even if it is by a small margin.

	26-02-2003 07:28									#10
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quote: Originally posted by DuncanK It seems strange to me that you would move for only 15% more money, but I think that Sac is a little easier on rent (and housing prices). I don't know that much about Sac, but I live in Fresno. It gets hot in Sac, but not as hot as Fresno. I think you may see highs of 100 degrees in the summer, but not too often. Like Fresno, you are close to many goodies. Nice mountains, SF, Reno.

I'm counting on the cost of living be a lot cheaper then in San Diego so that maybe, just maybe I'll be able to buy a house in a year or two. The other big reason is the company in Sacramento is a large national firm with around 6,000 employees and the company in Irvine is a small firm with only about 25 employees. I like the intamacy of working for small firms but the last company I worked for was small and it ran into finacial difficulties and layed off 25% of the work force just four months after I started. I'm now thinking a large stable company is the way to go.

	26-02-2003 07:30									#11
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hehe, I think you are right about the small companies especially in this economy.

	26-02-2003 07:35									#12
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Well, I guess I will now become a cog in the multinational capitalist machine.

	26-02-2003 08:06									#13
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Aren't we all.

	26-02-2003 08:09									#14
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You live in Fresno, Duncan? Nice town - I once gave a presentation there (to Valley Yellow Pages) and enjoyed my couple of days.

	26-02-2003 08:14									#15
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Thank you John. It would be much better if the air quality were better.

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Lots of people visit the Oregon coast from Sacremento in the summertime. They tell horror stories about the 110 degree heat.

	26-02-2003 08:23									#17
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Good luck with your move, Oerdin. I hope you enjoy your new job and hew home.

	26-02-2003 09:05									#18
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I'm sure it never gets to be 110 in Sac. It hasn't even been that hot in Fresno in the last few years.

	26-02-2003 09:09									#19
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Good luck Oerdin.

SHAKE IT CALI!

	26-02-2003 10:14									#20
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Well Duncan, maybe I was getting my leg pulled.

	26-02-2003 10:16									#21
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my condolences

	26-02-2003 11:17									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer Well Duncan, maybe I was getting my leg pulled.

People exagerate. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. In this case a little

	26-02-2003 11:58									#23
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Reno - the sketchiest little city on earth. Only go there if you want to see fat huge people feeding money into machines.

	26-02-2003 13:07									#24
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You can also get good deals at pawn shops there.

	26-02-2003 13:14									#25
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I looked up the profile of Sacramento and it said the temperature was over 90 for an average of 70 days per year. :eeek: I'm going to miss the year round 70 degree weather of San Diego. On the up side though everything is much greener in Sacramento and there are plenty of rivers and streams to play in.

	26-02-2003 13:19									#26
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"You can also get good deals at pawn shops there."
No doubt...

	26-02-2003 13:27									#27
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I guess if I don't like it in Sacramento I could always just get a year or two's worth of experience and then move back to the coast.

So does anyone here know Sacramento well? Which part of town would be a good place for a young twenty something single guy who has a little cash to spend? I figure there has to be an "in" part of town some where.

	26-02-2003 20:16									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin I guess if I don't like it in Sacramento I could always just get a year or two's worth of experience and then move back to the coast. So does anyone here know Sacramento well? Which part of town would be a good place for a young twenty something single guy who has a little cash to spend? I figure there has to be an "in" part of town some where.

Looking at my Thomas Guide of the county, I would suggest you look at West Sacramento, towards the town of Davis and the campus of UCDavis. I've heard that UC Davis is one of the more "hippier" campuses in the country, if that's what you like. And, lots of girls! MTV did a show that I (he embarrassingly admits) spent half my weekend watching about a sorority at UC Davis.

	26-02-2003 20:21									#29
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FRESNO IS HELL! its all one huge human service hell! theres nothing but stripmalls and residential areas. I HATE FRESNO! not as much as bakersfield.

	27-02-2003 01:34									#30
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MRT: Is Sacramento better then Fresno?

JohnT: That makes sense to me; the closer to college campuses you get the higher the rate of cute girl sitings. I think Sac State is around there some where too so I need to get out the Thomas guide and get to work.