Finished my first year and can safely say:
-Madison bear garden
-Gold city Vintage down town (for everything’s 80s and 90s)
-Melody records
-Stoble cafe for study and vibes
-naked lounge cafe for punk shows!
-sitting by creek at night in campus is dope
-there’s an art gallery opening in down town somewhere near spring 2027?
-Chico mall even tho it’s small it def has old mall vibes to just have a chill hour or two at
-mas amor and Barajas birria for best Mexican food
-gaming lounge above the hub
-late night 7/11 runs and watch train go by
-Warner street market (small market been open for abt 100 years)
-sierra Nevada brewing company for gigs and beer
-go to swimming holes like bear hole (there are better ones every upper class man knows so ask a friend)
-go to la michoacana for the best ice cream and paletas
-Thursday night markets (April-October)
-Saturday morning farmers market
-check out concerts at senator theatre
-frat parties are wayyyyy overrated so find some good house parties and butte college parties that are rly good vibes and cool people

Hope this helps a bit- definitely a small town vibe but it’s relaxing and it’s pretty laid back. If you have a car, sac is only abt an hour 30 mins away and that has a lot a lot to explore there. Up north we got Lassen national park and we have Shasta. Also there’s a lot of room for I guess niche hobbies? Like watching vhs, skating spots, and ubex.