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I sometimes wonder about some of the ways the Metrolist MLS describes certain areas.  Let me go further.  Learning Sacramento area geography through the Metrolist MLS is like learning about climate science or who attacked us on September 11, 2001 from Fox News.  After a long period of head scratching you find you’ve imbibed more of a political agenda than scientific or historical fact.

For example, in some mysteriously inspired bit of geographical legerdemain, someone somewhere along the line decided to take Del Paso Heights, which everyone else seems to think is not in Natomas, but minding its own business to the east in 95838, and spread it out across all of Natomas.  Or perhaps some clever geo-linguistic civil engineer decided that the levy troubles of Natomas would be less threatening if the whole area could become elevated to the (obviously) lofty Heights of Del Paso.

Thus, Metrolist MLS identified the following areas:

95833 - North Sacramento Natomas Del Paso Heights
95834 - North Sacramento Natomas Del Paso Heights
95835 - North Sacramento Natomas Del Paso Heights
95836 - North Sacramento Natomas Del Paso Heights
95837 - Sacramento International Airport & Vicinity
95838 - North Sacramento Natomas Del Paso Heights

That’s all well and good, except it’s wrong.  When you try to overlay these zip codes on Sacramento County’s Maps of Natomas, and other published maps of the area by zip code, you come up with a scheme more like this:

95833-  South Natomas
95834 - South Natomas
95835 - North Sacramento / North Natomas
95836 - North Natomas
95837 - Sacramento International Airport & Vicinity / North Natomas
95838 - Del Paso Heights

So there you have it.  Del Paso Heights is now back in 95838, where Google places it.  Four out of five of the schools in Del Paso Heights school district are in 95838; one is in 95834. Del Paso Heights Elementary is in 95838.

Do we know where we all are?   Natomas?  Del Paso Heights?

You’re back in the saddle again. 

Woopee-Tie-Yie-Yo!

Your welcome.

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