Re: I need community information
I used to visit friends in the area fairly often, but they went and moved to Peru on me about 4 years ago. I'm not nearly as familiar as I need to be to give really good advice, but there are areas which ane not great because of neighborhood, as exists everywhere. And then about once every 40 or 50 years when we actually get a lot of rain the river can rise and flood in some areas. There is a (for the area) large former mall which I imagine still sits vacant 20 some years later. It was so new it wasn't even fully occupied when the flood hit. For some reason all the huge drainage pumps were removed some years ago because they were never needed. Go figure. BUT, it might be another 50 years before any repeat of that happens again. It is NOT common. And of course there are still many high ground areas- probably most areas are higher. In general expect no more than 8 and 12 inches of rain per year. Summer can be commonly 105 but fairly dry, averaging around 100. Winter can get foggy but not much below freezing even at night. Normally above freezing during the day. Nobody uses block heaters on their cars, has studded tires, or carries chains unless they travel to the nearby Sierras. You'll think you moved to the desert except for lots of agriculture in the area.<br /><br />My dim recollection was that Linda and Olivehurst were not better areas, though there may be exceptions.<br /><br />Too bad you weren't being transferred to Castle (civillian now for 10 years, doggone it). I could tell you much more about this area.<br /><br />I really have not kept up on housing prices, and they have as a rule been rising rapidly over much of Ca. If anything Beale area will be a bit less affected. A lower end home sold for under $80K ten years ago. Now, I have little idea. My area, which has folks commuting to the Bay area unlike up there, it has gone much higher, like triple. My wild guess is that the area will have perhaps doubled in price since then.<br /><br />Hopefully someone closer to that area will give you better information.
Lord knows I could use to...hehe.<br /><br />AK Chappy