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Tobyhanna PA or Sacramento CA... Which to choose?

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    #21
    Perfect Pony- THANK YOU for those links. Heck, i'm ready to move today for that kind of dressage scene at your fingertips!
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    • #22
      As another Sacramento dweller, I'm a little biased. Also, being CA born and bred I think I'm used to the prices, and actually don't feel that right now, housing (renting and buying) is too bad. For example, my friend has an apartment in Midtown (the "classier" residential area of downtown Sac) and her rent is only $600 a month.

      And yes, it does get hot HOWEVER everywhere you go there is air conditioning. Honestly, this past summer was not too bad. We only had a handful of triple digit days and at least its not humid heat (like PA can have). Also, it makes for some really nice evenings in the summer to go riding or hit up one of the downtown restaurants with a patio.

      Boarding and training is expensive depending on what you are looking for. Both the barns I ride at vary, for full board, between $600 and $1200. However, I leased a trail horse right on Folsom Lake and pasture boarding there was $450. Again, depends on what you are looking for and how far you are willing to drive. Fortunately, barns pretty much surround all of Sacramento from Davis to Elk Grove to Roseville to the foothills so you have a ton of options.

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      • #23
        I was born and raised in the Poconos. When I was a kid, it was great-- small-town flavor, friendly people, etc... then the transplants came in from New York City and New Jersey and it all changed. Now it's an ocean of former farms cut into cheap and ugly developments, high crime, traffic like you would not believe... it's just sad. I still have family living up in the area, but I can hardly stand even going up to visit anymore-- it's too depressing.

        With that being said, the Poconos still has cheap real estate (compared to CA, anyway), lots of options for outdoor recreation, and four very distinct seasons if you like warm summers and snowy winters. (Although I certainly wouldn't say it's super-snowy-- my parents live in northwestern PA towards Erie. THAT'S snow.)
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        • #24
          The Poconos can be the worst of both worlds. All the inconveniences of living in a rural area, yet none of the benefits. You have to drive a billion miles to accomplish the most basic tasks, yet you still get stuck in tourist traffic on the way there. And you don't even get the pleasure of being in the "horsey" part of PA.

          I've never been to Sacramento, but it gets my vote too!
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          • #25
            Originally posted by butlerfamilyzoo View Post
            Perfect Pony- THANK YOU for those links. Heck, i'm ready to move today for that kind of dressage scene at your fingertips!
            I am a former H/J rider, then thought I might try eventing, and I ended up switching to dressage full time last year. It is really incredible here, there is literally a recognized and schooling show every weekend in just about every neighborhood from SF to Sacramento and beyond. The biggest names clinic all over the area on a regular basis. You get to see and ride with top FEI level riders, trainers and judges, and the facilities are all amazing.

            I never thought I would like dressage, but I finally decided if you cant beat em, join em..

            And if you like to trail ride, you wont believe the trails!
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            • #26
              Sacramento!

              VERY horsey area. We live in Santa Rosa (2 hours away) and we are ALWAYS trailering up to the Sacramento area for Pony Club events and regular shows and clinics. Sacramento area is a Pony Club mecca. You also have UC Davis and Loomis Basin Equine Hospital at your disposal.

              HOT in summer. Very nice other times of the year. Easy drive to snow and skiing. You have your very own airport (Sacramento) with lots of flights. That's a big plus!

              Loomis, Wilton, Folsom, El Dorado Hills....nice areas to live. Very horsey.
              Further out, try Rancho Murietta, Sutter Creek, Amador City areas. Sweet Gold Rush towns along Highway 49 (Amador, Sutter) that are loaded with charm.
              Prices sure have come down up there. I have looked @ investment properties in Sutter Creek, and I'm astonished at how the prices have dropped.

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              • #27
                i live in the Poconos now. ( tobyhanna is part of the poconos), and there are VERY few places to board near there, and if you do find boarding, you won't find Trainers. you'd have to drive about an hour south to find that. And you won't find trails. Unless you drive at least a half an hour. My barn is a trail barn that is almost full and it boarders a great state park, other than that, there are very few places to ride in the Poconos. It's freaking cold here, Wet, drearyand Bad Windchill for 6 months. the NYC and NJ crowds have ruined the NICEness of the Poconos, there is constant traffic on roads that were not built to handle this much traffic. It stinks to live here, and i wish we could move, but the economy has ruined that for us. I grew up here and i never got used to the Cold. I would say go to California. Good luck! if you do end up here, give me a PM and i'll try to help you find a place for your horse or a place for lessons, whatever.

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