First Year Living in Sacramento Review
It has been a little more than year since we moved to Sacramento and purchased a new house in the midtown/downtown area, and just under a year since we moved into our house (and my last blog update). Sacramento was a compromise location for both of us with mostly sunny skies, mild winters, an active horse culture and related resources, a regional airport for easy long distance travel, trains connecting the city to others, an urban city center where we could afford to buy a house and live, and basic amenities within walking distance of our home. But we knew it had problems as well, such as increased state bureaucracy and fees, blazing hot summers, a vast encircling hellscape of suburban squalor, long drives to get to the horses (and trails), and anemic public transit. So how are we doing? By and large we are content. Last year's summer heat was extreme and we are steeling ourselves for blistering heat over the next few months, but the mild winter was nice, although to be honest I ap...