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Natomas: The New Gold

By Russell Nichols | Dated October 1, 2007

When she needed milk and butter, Wendy Garrison would ride her white Welsh pony, Sugar, four miles past the farmhouses and rice fields to a drive-in dairy on a two-lane road now known as Northgate Boulevard. That was Natomas in the 1970s B.C. (before construction).

Fast-forward three and a half decades. McMansions and condominiums have supplanted farmhouses, and a grocery store is a stone's throw from homes in Natomas, where 13,500 acres have been developed (so far) and street after street of starter castles rub elbows with crumbling bungalows. Families from all over have flocked to Natomas in the past decade, coveting its proximity to the interstates, the airport and downtown.

Community Comments

  1. rlawler 1:07PM
    October 12, 2007
    Reminds me of the time we lived in Orangevale during the late 50s. It was a long, country drive to Sacramento down Greenback Lane to the highway (not freeway!). We played in the meadows across the street. The last time we were in the area there was no end to the homes and businesses. Alas, no longer much in the way of meadows.
     
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