Have you lived in or visited Placer County, California? Tell us about it!
Roseville
Feburary 2019 — I grew up in Roseville California when I was a child. In the 70’s, it was a quite small suburb of the Sacramento area and the main employment in the town was the Southern Pacific Railroad. This was one of the main hubs of railway transportation on the west coast and most of the town either worked at the railroad or was a support system for its employees. There was quite a bit of open space and just a small two lane downtown that had been there since the early 1900’s. This was a conservative town with a little bit of everything available for those who lived their. The county fair was held in town and they even had a small amateur race track for those Saturday night car enthusiasts. My Dad was an engineer for the railroad and played sports with many of the guys in town. My mother was a school teacher and taught at the local high school. My sister and I both had our passions for life, mine was sports and scouts, and hers was boys and fun. It was a simple and enjoyable time when you knew your neighbors and your biggest fear was getting home for dinner, before the street lights came on. Our town’s claim to fame was back in the sixties when the government was hauling bombs from the war and they starting going off in the railroad yard. It shook the town for an hour. They are still finding pieces of shrapnel around town even to this day. We enjoyed great Northern California weather of 90 plus degree weather in the summer and only 45 deg weather in the winter. We lived in an ideal spot where we were 90 miles from the ocean and 90 from the mountains. Our summer nights consisted of playing sports under the lights, going to the movies and watching the crash up derby races on occasion. As I go back to Roseville today much has changed. The railroad is still there but the influx of homes, businesses, medical buildings and shopping centers dominate most of the town. There is now a plethora of wall to wall structures with not more than an ounce of open land to spare. What was once a small, home town feel city, has no become a large hustling business and commerce area. Even though the landscape of the city has changed quite a bit in the last 40 years, the memories never will.
Auburn
December 2018 — Auburn,CA United States of America I love my town. Nestled in the foothills halfway to Reno from San Francisco on I-80 this town has character and charm. Even driving into it from the freeway one is in awe as the interstate runs under a high still functional, railroad bridge. Then as you glide into downtown you pass a very large concrete gold miner statue. Large enough to climb on and lay in his pan. My old dentist Dr. Fox created that as a tip of the hat to the rich history in gold mining this town has. California gold rush was started in 1846 in Coloma near Auburn when James Marshall discovered a nugget at Sutters Mill. Coloma is only a stone throw away when you cross the American River which is beautifully located in Auburn.
Roseville
May 2018 — Roseville (Placer Country), California, United States of America: What might’ve once been a quaint, suburban hometown has quickly evolved into a growing problem. Placer County has certain laws in place that allow the homeless many liberties they might not otherwise have in other counties. It is this home to addicts that roam the streets at nights looking for trouble and on the other end of the spectrum white privilege Neighborhood Watch members who try to keep such company out of their neighborhoods. It is a very confusing spectrum indeed. If you’re not being asked for drugs, you’re being asked who asked you for drugs and all in all everyone seems to love the gossip that goes around. A boring town thus the residents try to make their lives less boring with the knowledge of others’ failures and such.