Pros & Cons of Living in Mill Valley vs. Healdsburg California

[@Sly88Frye]

I've been to Healdsburg many times in my life as well I'm from Santa Rosa and still live in Santa rosa. I've lived in Windsor for a total of 4 years and I lived in Rohnert Park for a total of 7 months and I lived in Sebastopol for about a year and a half but for most of my life I've been living in various locations in Santa rosa. I'm going to be honest I'm actually not that big a fan of Healdsburg but that could also be because I don't really spend much time in Healdsburg when I go there. I'm usually just driving through or working. I think Healdsburg kind of stinks as a driver sometimes at least the downtown does. Windsor I thought was a very nice place to live and I think Rohnert Park is nice but it does have its problems. I like Rohnert Park more than Windsor but the problems it has are kind of annoying. Sebastopol I'm also not a big fan of. I hate that the main road through town is two lanes and there's always a really massive traffic jam because of it. Santa Rosa most definitely has its problems but I actually think it's the best of both worlds. I like that it's populated enough to pretty much be considered a city but not populate enough to be a big city. And has a lot of great amenities of larger cities but also has the great qualities of smaller cities where it's not too overcrowded. I'm familiar with several different parks in Santa Rosa. Howarth Park, Spring Lake, Lake Alsanjo, Rincon Valley park, Bennett Valley park, some fun hills and mountains to climb in various places will not climb but you know trails to walk and bike on and so on. Of course if you don't want to do the outdoors but still want to have fun away from home there's epicenter which has a lot of stuff to do. And then just a short drive South you go to Rohnert Park and there's Scandia which has a lot to do as well

[@Sly88Frye]

I'm surprised that Mill valley is considered one of the greatest places to live in California but then again perhaps it's because it's close to the bay. The problem is it's extremely expensive there like the rest of Marin county. I'm from Santa Rosa the largest city in Sonoma County and the largest city in wine country and the largest city in the North Bay and the fifth largest city in the bay area. Yeah I know these stats, but I love Santa Rosa although it's also starting to get quite expensive here as well