I have a sister that has lived in Ripon for about 14 years...and they just love it. The schools are good too. Cute town.

I love Ripon. We moved 4 years ago from Los Angeles county and was home sick for about 3 years.
Now I don't want to go back. My kids love the small town feeling. They see familiar faces throughout town. Ripon is safe and is a great environment for children to grow in. Much more expensive if you compare to prices in the surrounding cities. But you definitely get what you pay for.

ripon is more expensive, but nicer and a whole lot safer!!!! schools are good. downside highschool does not offer as much as big highschools.but because of the size of the highschool there is more one on one with students vs a big highschool. turlock has nice areas... i have family members in the nice areas but even they would like to move to ripon!