use to drive to water street from monterey every day for work, thank god i dont anymore

 

Where did you work? Thats not that bad of a drive. I hate the freeway around marina tho. Such a effin disaster. Would eat up tires in no time.

 

Well i work in the same place, i just dont do deliveries out of town anymore. Im a dental technician, so I would deliver to dentists all around Santa Cruz, and aptos/salinas. One more reason why i have 28k miles on my FRS that i bought last June lol

 

Yai bought my car in 2012 with 54k on it. Now its got over 100k lol.

 

i live in castroville now thats why lol!my morning commute gets fun when im always tailed by the cts from that area

im down for a throwback meet,too bad brittania arms closed already.maybe aptos st bbq,been wanting to try their tap.


still come by in the area bo?

 

This sounds fun. But am not a fan of ASB's ribs. Takes a good rib to make me happy lol.
IPA and tritip sounds dank. Too bad they sell out early.

 

Don't really have any area in particular. I just know that I want to move back to the mountains. I grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains and I'm just ready to move back up. I really like Felton because of the small town feel, but recently started looking in Aptos and started liking what I saw. The only complaint about Aptos is I noticed a lot of house are on the hill sides with lots of stairs and on stilts with no garages.

 

I would stick to the san lorenzo valley. Stay as far away from highway 1 commute as possible. Felton ben lomond zayante boulder creek. All good spots. I wouldnt go as far as lompico tho. Stay on highway 9.

 

The only thing I miss is being less than a 10-20 minute ride from Nisene, spent 25 years in Capi and the final 5 near Cabrillo. For the last 5 I've lived in Campbell. I've seen the county as a whole change, and change a lot. I've seen the good and the bad (worked Fire for 5 years for Central) and nothing wanted me to subject my wife (or myself) to driving 17 five days a week.

Santa Cruz has always been 10 years behind in terms of expansion. That was part of the charm back in the day, but now it's just f'ing annoying that they delayed for the sake of Staying Santa Cruz.

Aptos has quite a few places with garages, but yes the ratio is a bit higher with the 'walk up' style. Most places along Soquel Dr (and it's offshoots) will have garages, it's when you get a little more remote along Trout Gulch, Valencia, etc that it's less garages and more walk ups.

Also depending on where you work, Aptos and the surrounding area may count itself out due to the added commute time. Felton is nice, it's got the mountain feel without being Boulder Creek...or Zayante lol.

Overall, if you like the Aptos area just be patient, something will pop up.

 

Yea im in capitola and im a short ride from soquel demo forest but I ride west side of santa cruz more often.

I grew up here and it has indeed changed in the last 20 years.
A lot more people and crime it seems....
The charm has almost disappeared until you start finding little bits of nostalgia around.

I hear about more stabbings and shootings in santa cruz county more than salinas.... it has most definately changed.

And yes exnay on the zayante/boulder/ pico. Lotd of nice stuff in felton and still semi close to it all.
Felton still has its fair share of tweakers tho. Feels like you just walked into chester, ca. Lol.

 

if you look at homes closer to the main roads most of them do have garages.its when you start looking in more into secluded areas that are on hills like what solsurfer pointed out.i would just suggest against cathedral dr/trout gulch dr/valencia rd areas due to road closures sometimes during heavy rain season.areas closer to the beach does have limited street parking/garage space as well.rio del mar/seascape area is really nice but $$$ will become an issue there i work in the area so just ask away lol!

 

ive yet to try their ribs,its the pulled pork that i always go for there

 

Don't listen to this dude.

It's not like he delivers mail out of the Aptos post office....

 

Was there Sunday to see Mom, but other than that I steer clear of the area

If we're talking ribs...there's a couple places near my place that have da bomb BBQ.....