its a cool place. i just moved up here in august from visalia and now i live in paradise which is about 15 minutes away. love it up here. pretty much was everyone else said is about right. good food, good partying, high lakes are close, plenty of places to go swimming at in the summer, about two and a hlaf hours from tahoe, great places to go camping, small town, weather is pretty reasonable alot better than the valley. chico is the way to go
