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We hit the tanning beds and squat racks during the cold months.
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mostly due to cost of living , but also sac area is extremely hot in the summer months , but beautiful and comfortable in the winter , as far as MX the dirt is rock hard most places , like crashing on cement lots of blue groove imo , I think the best is Marysville personally , hangtown the ground is so hard it scares me
I had a 1 bedroom apt in Rocklin cali for $1000 month , modesto is the armpit of the state , high crime and ghetto as is Stockton.
1 I have also lived in reno , very affordable and a lot to do !
2 and Colorado springs , which is very pretty , dirt is mostly hardpack aswell , bikes are noticeably less powerfull with the altitude ,
Colorado springs is very affordable , its like half the price of Denver for housing , I had a nice 2 bedroom apt for $600 per month there , crime rate is low , and nobody you talk to is from there , most are from cali !!
and I personally never got use to the altitude , I felt winded and tired all the time.
3 I currently live in Minnesota , very very affordable I have a nice house with garage etc.. for $550 per month , the dirt is the best I have seen anywhere , and not just milleville , in my opinion all the tracks here are awesome and plentyfull, soft dirt and a lot of sand ,
a lot of pretty girls here too , not that cali doesn't but I don't like there Paris Hilton ATTITUDES out there , in mn they are sexy and sweet .
and the downside , winter sucks BAD I despise it !!
so it goes from the best place ever (summer) to terrible . (winter) lol
I personally have not found the ideal place yet ,
but in a perfect world , basically if I could afford it .
my idea of perfect would be Minnesota from may 1st to November 1st .
and cali northern or southern from November 1st until may 1st ,.,.,.,
come on lotto .
or an investor so I can put some business ideas I have to good use .............
peeerfect !!!
follow your dreams , you'll never know until you try
If you want a union job, then there are plenty to be had. If not, you will not have a problem either.
There are a lot of Mexicans to compete with as well. Most are hard workers and competitive in the trades but the quality is slightly lower and they take shortcuts a lot of the time.
I do like it here.. But I want to move away lol.
There is so many negative things i could say, but i don't want to go down that path
But RENT!!! I'm 25 and still living with my folks because i cannot afford a decent area.. even making 13$ a hour.. and getting paid weekly.
1k plus for a shitty apartment in a ghetto area... and houses around me all run 2100$ and up a month..
The area i live in is a nice little town called Covina... anyway
milestone/Glen Helen/ Comp Edge are all out 40 mins away....It's a hour to the likes of Elsinore,perris,starwest & piru(screw that track though)
Traffic is a fuckery and its full of illegal fukronauts.. almost 24/7.. just a heads up
My wife and I always crack up watching those house hunter shows when they are shot in the Midwest/back east
Tv guy: What kind of house are you looking for
Husband: Well were looking for a 4 bed 4 bath with a 3 car garage, something with a pool and a hot tub, preferably on 2 acres. We also need to keep it in the 100-120k price range.
TV guy: Well alright, I have a few places that fit that exact description!
All the while me and my wife are shaking our heads at what that would cost here in So cal
Reality of that statement is this...
-2 hours to the snow + 1 hour to park and walk to the ticket line + 30 minutes in line for a lift ticket + maybe sold out for the day, if not +15-30 minutes in line to take the lift to the top of the mountain all for shitty snow/ice/rocks.
-2 hours to the tracks, yeah, that's true. Tracks are all crowded and some are unrideable after water (Elsinore). I can't complain too much about the tracks.
-1/2 hour from the beach, in Simi Valley??!! No! 1 hour minimum to the beach, no matter where you live + finding parking + finding a nice spot that's not totally crowded.
People will always try to sell California on "where else can you do _____ within 2 hours." There are a lot of places to consider besides Ca. My experience is that you pay a lot of $$$ for sunshine and assholes.
jgmxdad251, again, I am not attacking you so please don't take that personal.
Pit Row
Also, the reverse of that is my wife and I shake our heads sometimes too thinking about how much more we could make in some areas of California, haha
I tend to think of California as this paradise where you can ride, surf, mtb and basically just live the dream 24/7. I'm aware that's not totally realistic but its cool to hear some insider testimony. I've been to San Diego in the past and it seems like a pretty great place to be, def cleaner and less congested than LA (been there as well). Not sure about the moto scene down there tho, seems like most of the tracks are further north?
I lived in Reno for four years... if I was going to move, that would be at the top of the list. Riding, fishing, snowboarding, no sales tax, big enough to find work, cheap(er) housing, drive an hour in any direction to get away from town...
Do it
If I were you, I would look into NC,FL,ID.,OR,WA,TX,VA,GA
Not necessarily in that order, but if this drought crap continues Ca will be dried up and the tracks will have a hard time keeping them prepped right. Good luck to you and you're family I hope you find your little piece of heaven.
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