I live in midtown Sacramento (well, a hundred feet west in downtown), and I love it. Why? Everything I need is close. Groceries, entertainment, parks, tea, medical, all within walking distance. But one of the things I enjoy most is just people watching. If often go to coffee shops for tea, but I can make great tea at home for a lot less money. But I go to people watch, and to socialize. For any business that has outdoor seating, even better people watching. In Fremont Park adjacent to where I live, people watching of all sorts: families, kids, Jehovah’s Witnesses on break, homeless folks of all different situations, people passing through the park, as I do every day, and people hanging out. And just walking around midtown, lots of people to watch, particularly when on cool mornings and evenings, and on the relatively few nice days in summer.

There is no place else I could live in this region, except perhaps Fair Oaks Village and Historic Folsom, where I would see so many different people. More white in the old suburbs, for sure, but nevertheless, some diversity.

That is a big part of the reason I live here, and enjoy it so much.