I ve been there a few times.It s not too far from Lake Tahoe.The entire area is beautiful... Truckee itself is COLD! I mean... COLD!I live in Sacramento (about 90 minutes from Truckee), and I joke sometimes when someone asks me the weather, say something like: 60 in Sacramento, and minus 360 in Truckee . I don t know what s up with the weather patterns around there, but I m not kidding, it gets icy!It s a cute, quaint little tourist town, which means the job market is mostly service industry.In other words, you either OWN a small business, or work for one, for low wages. It s mostly restaurants, gift shops, trinket stores, etc. It s right on Highway 80, so it s pretty easy to get to, but not very close to anything, other than Tahoe Reno (two other places where the job market is pretty much the same... except you can work for Casino s on the Nevada side, of course... but who would want to?) And the housing is kinda overpriced for what you re really getting, because it s so close to Tahoe. It s not super close really, but it s not far.I d suggest actually visiting before making plans.Also, contact the Chamber of Commerce get info. You can get all the details - official statistics of what I m saying.Probably can get that on their website, actually.Feel free to ask me more questions.
I ve been through it a couple of times and waited out one blizzard there But that s the extent of my knowledge about the place.