Arden-Arcade, California

mrsbull610
1y ago
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I live near Hurley and Fulton. If you're not right on the main streets there are a few really cute neighborhoods tucked away. It's very diverse. Walkability is meh, there are corner stores at most large intersections however larger stores are few. There's Target, a Raleys and in the north east, a Bel Air and down the street is Winco. The school district is good - San Juan Unified - so if you have kids, it's still in the umbrella of decent education.
Best of luck. I'd live here over Fair Oaks any day, but I grew up in NYC so Sacramento is basically the country for me anyway lol

Effective-Pilot-5501
1y ago
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Hey hi potential new neighbor. I know Arden has become one of the most attractive neighborhoods in Sacramento for its proximity to the grid and relatively safety compared to other suburbs (excluding Fair Oaks and Carmichael, which well iykyk right?). I actually did the same move when bought my first home a couple of years ago and let me give you my comments:

-Traffic going downtown is always bad on Watt and Howe. Those are actually the 2 most used roads in Sac county so it was granted when I moved back but in my case since i wfh it is no big deal. Once you get to 50 it’s always madness so if you’re going downtown take Exposition Blvd. FYI the Fair Oaks Blvd and Howe intersection is the intersection with most accidents recorded last year so it’s very famous for being the craziest intersection in Sacramento.

-Walkable: it’s not the grid but we’ve got some great parks like swanston fountain park, Howe Park, Cottage Park and the american river trail. Also there is Arden Mall for you to walk doing some window shopping.

-Diversity: you will find it here for sure more than Fair Oaks. I lived in Fair Oaks for 2 years and there was only a couple of latinos including myself in my apartment complex. In my new neighborhood there is a lot of Millenial couples, again just like me and my fiancee this was the most affordable and safe option we could get in Sacramento for a starter home. I have black, korean, filipino and mexican neighbors, all of them have kids or expecting.

wastingtimen_life
1y ago
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Arden-Arcade
I’m at Howe and el Camino. Once you get off the main roads, it’s surprisingly quiet. We get a lot of walkers, lots of kids cause we are across the street from the elementary school. Of course Howe is crazy but most of the time at stoplights they will let me cross when it’s my turn.

For diversity, we are a mixed race gay couple - and except for our newest neighbors, most everyone has been more than nice to us. My husband is often out doing maintenance or landscaping or something and we have had pleasant conversations with 90% of our block.

I prefer to think of it as a working class neighborhood- it’s not ghetto but everyone works hard for what they earned, and that respect seems to come through. We don’t fly any flags though, so we aren’t as out there but we have done our fair share of gay gentrification and most neighbors have been glad to see the crappiest house in the street turning into one of the nicest (within reason of course)

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