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QUESTION: In your opinion, what are the pros and cons about living in Contra Costa County?
Talk about it.
Pros
Free CCC Transits on 3 routes 11, 14 and 16.
Free parking in Concord.
It more spread out
More convience than living in Alameda and SF
Closer to Central valley
Alot of good Atr and wine festival and more live music around
Coms
No International Airport in CC yet
I saw a new terminal building under construction at CCR.
Looks like a 2 door building.
At least it’s a start.
Plenty of room at the weapons station for an airport
Why spend money on an airport at the CNWS? Buchanan is only like a mile away?
I’m sure Martinez International is in the planning process. 🛩
All it needs is a customs office and then poof! Its an international airport.
Traffic used to be reasonable, crime used to be low, used to have ample open space, people used to have more cultural tolerance and patience, didn’t use to have high rise high density housing adding to the traffic & other problems, taxes used to be lower (gas and other paying for so many social programs), used to not have power outages and water shortages (latter compounded by over population).. then again we have nice weather usually.
The weather is 90% of the reason to live in this area. It’s also nice being only hours from the desert or mountains if you want to go camping.
Pro:
Some free bus routes.
Open spaces.
Day labor availability at Home Depot and monument when we need help.
Diversity.
Con:
Too many pot holes in the road.
A few old, bitter, cranky old timers
I think diversity is nice also. I just wish it had less of a positive correlation with crime.
Diversity? where has that gotten anybody lately?
Kamala Harris, KJP, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Hakeem Jeffries, Pete Buttigieg, Alejandro Mayorkas, Neera Tanden are just a few it’s paid off for substantially.
However Biden FAA nominee Phil Washington had to bow out because he couldn’t answer even the most rudimentary questions on aviation. How many wings are on a bi-plane? He didn’t understand the question was about wing quantity, not orientation.
You know what Paul a lot of countries honor the elderly you choose to degrade them , what a shame for you and our nation .
Pros, mostly wonderful people and weather.
Cons, just about everything else.
Pro: It’s not SF or LA County.
Con: Taxes. It’s located in California. Homeless, crime, lawlessness, immorality, it’s in California. It’s exhausting to live here because it’s California and the Taxes. California and the taxes. Yup. California. People around the world hate CA.
What immorality in particular have you witnessed in Contra Costa?
Immorality over the last 2 years: mask mandate, Vax passports, the attempt to create a church registry.
Many other counties in Ca didn’t these policies. They are indicative of a corrupted system.
Crime for starters then let’s go to the immoral and corrupt filth running the cities that’s a good place to start for immorality…right Chuq
What exactly kind of immorality are you referring to? Lawlessness stealing affects others as do break ins.
Immorality for the most part only affects the person or their family. If you think it is immoral to live together without being married, it have no impact on your quality of life, even if you disagree, same for other life style choices.
You find crime moral Hanne? or how about the waste of skin DA’s letting the fleabag criminals back onto the streets to rob assault & kill…you find that moral? I sure don’t…who mentioned lifestyle choices who said anything about that?
Pros-Good weather , lots of good restaurants ,concerts in the parks, a lot of nice people .
Cons- High crime, shoplifting is legal, roads are bad ,to many awful Evel liberal democrat politicians and simple thinking voters that keep them in office .
It’s a big county, so it all depends on what part of the county. In some parts, there are more pros than cons, in other parts there are more cons than pros. In the part where I live, my biggest gripe is the heavy traffic, and the potholes. Other than that, it’s not a bad place to live.
Pros- Access to basic needs and entertainment- (Medical and Dental care(may have to wait awhile for appointments but it’s there), Groceries, Fuel, Restaurants, Arts, Concerts, Open space and parks, Not too far to the coast or the mountains etc.
Good weather, Some very safe towns and areas to live if you know where to look. Nice people. A lot to like about CoCo County.
Cons- We all know what they are so I won’t list them. It is still California and the Bay Area so there will be some baggage to deal with.
No snow and no tornados otherwise I would live somewhere else.
Pros: Nearby orchards for fresh fruit picking, the beauty of Mt Diablo, the Delta, all the hills.
Cons: The anti-individual liberty politics, high taxes, cost of living, eroding civil society (fortunately in CCC, still not as debased as in SF or LA).
Most of the posts seem to confuse living in Contra Costa County vs living in CA. Many pros and cons with CA but focusing on Contra Costa:
Pros Of Living in Coco County:
Lovely weather
Hiking trails & Iron horse trail
Nature and city’s coming together
Plentiful city parks & dog parks
Cleaner Air
Cleaner Streets
Safer streets compared to the city’s
Fewer overcrowded areas and streets
Easier to find parking
Great restaurants and shopping
Lovely events and street fairs
Bigger single family homes with yards
Access to public transit, some even being free
Access to Bart
Quite neighborhoods
Great Place to Raise a Family
Some of the best schools in the bay
Ease of getting to the Bigger City’s
Job Opportunities
Coco County is fun to say
Cons of living in Coco County:
Rapid growth and costs to everyday living associated to it
Rise of housing costs
Small pockets of nightlife
Minimal art gallery’s and access to the arts
The heat in the summer months
Smoke from summer fires
Water restrictions
Allergies
Angry boomers
The need to drive to get anywhere
You forgot a couple:
Pros: slightly less pretentious than Orange County
Cons: entitled trust fund babies