where is the nearest city from roseville that doesnt get smog and heat like roseville (Santa Cruz: friendly, retire)

[Think About It!]

Originally Posted by Bonnieness

Nice thread, I'm looking for good weather myself, a place to retire as a single woman, love nature, green, views, lakes, cafe's, jazz, reggae, artist, creativity, open minded people...but not soo much rain or humidity or snow. Also not too small town,guess around a city, I don't want to isolate myself. I'm a progressive thinker, like diversity and a good friendly community.
Money, crime and health care is a concern.
Wanting to explore N. CAl., Oregon and Washington but guess I got to go East of the mountain to avoid the gloom.... Thinking of a road trip this winter to explore, and need cheap places to stay too....
Please help me plan my trip and explore some great places !!!!!
any thoughts are appreciated...thanks

If you ever find a place you are looking for let me know...As far as I know that's your fantasy land and does not exist.

You could pick a couple of your wants and find a place that fits that but no way are you going to get all or even most of what you want.

[Morwyn_7]

Auburn is rarely cooler, and on the odd days it is ~well only by 5 degrees or so and that hardly is noticeable. Roseville can cool down quicker in the evenings as the Delta Breeze does not reach Auburn. Truckee is a lot cooler.

[SacramentoBound]

Truckee has a very high cost of living for what it is, though.

[ryuns]

Originally Posted by Bonnieness

Nice thread, I'm looking for good weather myself, a place to retire as a single woman, love nature, green, views, lakes, cafe's, jazz, reggae, artist, creativity, open minded people...but not soo much rain or humidity or snow. Also not too small town,guess around a city, I don't want to isolate myself. I'm a progressive thinker, like diversity and a good friendly community.
Money, crime and health care is a concern.
Wanting to explore N. CAl., Oregon and Washington but guess I got to go East of the mountain to avoid the gloom.... Thinking of a road trip this winter to explore, and need cheap places to stay too....
Please help me plan my trip and explore some great places !!!!!
any thoughts are appreciated...thanks

What does "good weather" mean? You're also listing a lot of requirements that contradict a little. Most of those amenities will be easier to come by in the city, and you won't find much diversity in small towns, but you'll also find higher prices and probably higher crime rates.

Small to mid-size towns/cities
Paradise (with access to Chico for some of those amenities)
Grass Valley/Nevada City
Ashland/Medford/Jacksonville
Bend, OR, if you can get over the whole 7 months of winter thing.
Eugene or Corvallis, if it's not too gloomy.
Auburn
Placerville
Winters

Bigger cities: Possibly the Sacramento area. Other big cities are probably too expensive and/or too gloomy.

[marland]

What is your tolerance for snow? What is your budget? The Sacramento region is at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. As you go higher up into the mountains, the summers will become more mild, but the winter time temps drop. So while Tahoe and Truckee are quite lovely livable places in the summer time - during winter those are areas that people in Northern California head towards to ski and snowboard.

If you want more temperate weather than Sacramento look at the Northern Bay area places like Santa Rosa, Cloverdale and Clearlake areas. As you get further North form the Bay Area housing prices drop. The both summer and winter time temperatures are fairly moderate because the Pacific Ocean tends to moderate both winter and summer temps. Tends to be cooler than Sacramento in the summertime yet no snow. What you do find is a lot of rain.

The further you go from the Bay area the more difficult it can be to find employment, but if you are retired that will be less of an issue.

I am not discounting other ideas that people on this thread have suggested, but instead offering a suggestion that for whatever reason no else mentioned.

[bluevelo]

San Francisco. Next question?

[hydro]

Meadow vista!

[cityx]

Originally Posted by humboldtrat

Try Auburn along I-80. It's at a higher elevation and a little cooler in the summer but it's low enough where you shouldn't get any snow in the winter.

They also don't experience much advantage of the delta breeze. When it cools to the 80s in Sac the foothill communities are often 10 degrees warmer in addition to all the smog that pushes into them.

[hydro]

COlfax then

[Tolerance999]

Originally Posted by cityx

They also don't experience much advantage of the delta breeze. When it cools to the 80s in Sac the foothill communities are often 10 degrees warmer in addition to all the smog that pushes into them.

Drive the auburn Folsom road from auburn downhill to Folsom on a cold, clear, wind free winter day, and the op will note how the sky becomes less blue to a bluish grey from the smog. Auburn is hot in summer but has lots of trees and Hills and microclimates that are cooler. I love it there.