Ten reasons people like best about living here:
• Close to the golf course.
• Neighborhood provides a pool, hot tub, and work out facility.
• Home Owners Association which ensures maintained yards.
• Low crime rate.
• Excellent schools.
• Easy commute to place of employment. Intel is one example.
• Family lives in the area.
• Nice parks, bike trails, and close to Folsom Lake.
• Has nice restaurants.
• Provides a lot of sports activities for the kids, which includes a very modern sports complex.
Ten reasons people like least about living here:
• It no longer has the small town atmosphere.
• Real estate prices have increased more than other communities in Sacramento.
• Long commute to work if you work in downtown Sacramento.
• Traffic is getting worse each year.
• Have to travel to Sunrise or Roseville Mall to shop at large retail outlets like, JC Penney, Macys, etc.
• Long drive to a professional sporting event such as the Sacramento Kings, Sacramento River Cats, or events at Arco Arena.
• Community lacks miniature golf, and a modern bowling alley.
• Community lacks a four year college.
• Not a lot of job opportunities in the immediate area.
• Gets extremely hot in the summer months.
The profiles of likely sellers is:
• An older couple that their children have moved out, and they need to downsize. They are in their 60's or older and want to move from a two story to a one story. Their median income would be in the vicinity of $70,000 - $80,000.
• A middle age family that wants to move to a larger home. They have 1-3 children and need a larger home. Their median income would be around $90,000 - $100,000.
The profiles of likely buyers would be mostly the same as the likely sellers because this neighborhood has both one story and two story homes, and range in size from 1600 to over 3800 square feet. A large number of buyers would be those that just got transferred to Intel from another location.
