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Chico is the college town that grew up.

A read for the families thinking about Bidwell, the schools, and the price-per-square that still pencils out.

By Sierra Haskins
Mayor of Chico · 5 min read · May 28, 2026
Two hundred miles north of San Francisco, ninety south of the Oregon border, Chico sits in the long valley between the Sierra and the coast. The downtown still has the bones of a 1900s railroad town; the median age still skews young. What's changed is the families.
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