Idyllic Santa RosaSanta Rosa, California is one of those most beautiful of towns that could be any home town in any U.S. state. It features the quaint and quiet Victorian neighborhoods and darling shops, as well as a rich history and many shopping and dining delights, while at the same time offers the industry and allure of the Napa Valley growers and wineries. Yes, first, Santa Rosa, California, Sonoma County seat, is the epicenter of the world-renowned Wine Country. Here you can tour the wineries and vineyards, do wine-tasting with girlfriends, do wine-tasting trips on the Napa Valley Train, or sign up for a vineyard work-experience, where guides teach you how to harvest/pick and distill.
You might get lucky and witness the making of a movie or even get caught up in one as an extra, for in Santa Rosa, California, the natural environs are ideal and are known to provide settings for such movies as Peggy Sue Got Married, Sideways, Shadow of a Doubt, Pollyanna, Storm Center, and Steelyard Blues…. You might also decide to live in Santa Rosa, California, which calls to the small-town sentiments as much as it does the big-city industriousness: the residents are almost all at least high-school educated, and pull in an average of about 50k a year, working within 20 minutes of home in education, health, social services as well as in manufacturing and retail. The crime is relatively low, with few assaults (1 in 50) and fewer murders (averaging no more than 6 in any given year), for example. The weather, too, is some of the best in the Bay Area and in the nation-especially for those who love the more than average winter precipitation. (Hey, this is Northern California, where rain is a constant at least one-fourth of the year!) And again, the natural surroundings are charming and the everyday involvements delightful. Santa Rosa California has a history that includes being the base or transit point for gold miners during the Gold Rush, includes the native American tribes and missionary efforts known to many (and giving Santa Rosa its name), and can boast being the birthplace of such well known greats as Brandon Whiting of the San Francisco 49ers, performers Julie London and Rebecca De Mornay, and Houston Astros' Jason Lane. The city with the hometown charm, with the reputation for great wineries and equally fine scenery, might just be the birthplace of your next child, who may also be raised to greatness because of such an idyllic and wonderful town. |