Have you ever ever been in search of a house and encountered an infuriating shortage of properties with attached airplane hangars, or frustrating HOAs that prohibit you from taxiing your plane on public roads? Then gird your loins, since the picturesque town of Cameron Park, California, is the best Sacramento suburb for you. Bring your Corvette, your private plane, your thin blue line flag, and your entire collection of Latest Balance sneakers to this idyllic community that has access to the Cameron Park Airport and allows for secure co-existence of ground vehicles and aircraft on community roads.
In accordance with the Cameron Park Airport website, the residential side of the Cameron Park Airport District incorporates over 100 homes and plenty which have attached hangars and controlled access to the public-use airport’s runway. The neighborhood is financially separate from the airport, and streets are maintained by a resident-created bond facility that funds renovation and maintenance of all pavement surfaces.
With a view to maximize accessibility for each ground vehicles and air vehicles, Cameron Park needed to make some defining changes to traditional street designs. For instance, the streets in Cameron Park are exceptionally wide, more harking back to a runway than a conventional residential street, and the road signs are mounted near the bottom to avoid impeding planes with wide wingspans. Stop signs which are frequently mounted at a minimum of five-feet tall in rural areas could principally be stuck directly into the bottom in Cameron Park, since they sit exceptionally low. Street signs, too, are mounted at knee-height to reduce interference with taxiing planes.
the town on Google Earth will show you homes with massive hangars and extra-wide driveways to accommodate planes, and a few homes even have their planes parked outside. One home has a chrome twin-prop plane parked next to an orange Cessna-sized plane, and the open hangar door reveals a golf cart, a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible, a Porsche 356, a classic Ford Mustang, and an old flatbed pickup truck. Unsurprisingly, the kind of individuals who have each the will and the means to own a house with direct access to an airport and own and operate private planes even have an affinity for cars.
Every year, the town of Cameron Park hosts a definitely-not-dystopian-at-all event called “Props, Cops, and Rodders,” where residents can bring their aircraft and/or classic cars to “show strength in community” on the Cameron Park Airpark. Also unsurprisingly, the show is primarily populated by vintage American cars with flame paint jobs, Corvettes, kit cars and custom golf carts, complete with live ‘80s rock tribute bands and a robust police presence to maintain everyone feeling extra secure.
While I really like the thought of a community that’s so keen about different types of transportation, it’s disheartening to know that it’s also crawling with cops. It’s an ideal application for one among my favorite catchphrases; disillusioned, but not surprised. Should you like to fly and you’re keen on cops, search for homes in Cameron Park — should you can stomach living in Commiefornia, that’s.
This Article First Appeared At jalopnik.com
