Shh we dont need any more people in santa cruz.

The fucking Point is so god damn crowded.

Traffic sucks weather sucks people suck.

Ther are no houses for sale for under 450K
and a livable house is 700K.

Yup santa cruz sucks :winkwink:

Go to SF you can surf ocean beach and fort point.

Much better:thumbsup

I would also recommend Los Gatos (if you can afford it) or somewhere near Santa Cruz. Actually, there are lots of nice, accessible places to live just north along 280 also.

If you have no particular reason for relocating to the Valley I would personally recommend you look elsewhere. The property values are completely insane.

okay, I must ask, where do you live that you think San Jose weather is great? Compared to San Clemente you will think you moved to fucking Canada or something.

The property is expensive, the traffic sucks, they roll up the sidewalks at midnight. The population is conservative politically.

I feel for you. and yes, I go there all the time as I have a g/f there, and my son goes to school right up the street at Menlo College.

Nice to visit, but I sure would not want to live there.

I'm in the East Bay. SJ isn't too bad IF you're in a decent neighborhood. A bit crowded and traffic can get thick, but the whole Bay Area is like that these days.

okay, compared to TX you will think you died and went to heaven, but since you once lived in San Clemente, you will know better.

and yeah, compared to property prices in San Francisco, it is cheaper, but still over priced. Oh yeah, try getting broadband up there. which is pretty funny since the Silicone Valley made San Jose the expensive burb it is today.

it is on the coast, right off 101, but you had better have a wetsuit, because that water is fucking cold up there

Scotts Valley is very nice, and reasonably priced. I consdered moving there a while ago. Still may do eventually.

that might justify a weekend visit up north, on the way to Napa or on the way back, but to move? You would have to be as nuts as crazy old Mrs Winchester

okay, I was born in San Francisco, in July, and as Mark Twain said, the coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco.

I love partying there, and spent my youth on Haight-Ashbury during the heyday of the late 60's, but Meloman must have lived in the Valley if he thinks LA is hot all summer long. Having lived in San Clemente, you know the reality of the Southern California beach scene.

You can always tell the transplants, that is for sure.

San Jose is great. You can drive 20 minutes and be in Santa Cruz. The Biggest Pot Smoking town in the Nation. Then you can also drive 45 minutes to San Fran( 5 Girls to every 1 guy + 60% of guys in San Fran are guy) So if you are straight then you are straight you know what I mean its a lot of fun!
I love this town!:321GFY

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so, where in New Jersey did you move there from :1orglaugh

I lived in Mountain View... and Sunnyvale for over 25 years.. The only other place I'd rather live weather wise would be San Diego.
Just got 2 expensive.

Yeah, but if you're moving there and a buyer, those property values really suck ...

Even though prices are starting to fall a bit ...

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...ss/4781023.htm

It's still WAY to expensive to live there. Get ready to put a hefty chunk of your paycheck into housing ... be it rent or mortgage ... cause it's going cost you ...

Where do you guys come up with this bullshit?

I lived in San Fran as a single female for four years and NEVER had any trouble meeting straight men ... either in the city or down in Silicon Valley ...

I RARELY encountered gay men at all ... but STRAIGHT men always seemed to be obsessed with San Fran's gay population ...

I can't tell you how many times I've heard this bullshit line,"It's hard to find straight guys in San Fran ... isn't it?"

Like somehow I'm supposed to want to fuck them right on the spot because there's some alleged shortage of straight dick or something ...

Dream on ... there are plenty of straight guys in the city ... and I had a great time with them all!

SJ sucks. You should either move to Santa Cruz and be a beach hippie or move to S.F./Marin County and live in the best city in the US. Very expensive though. But what do you care, you make bank.

It takes about 3 hours to drive to Napa from San Jose.. It takes me 45 minutes in a Cessna!!

PayCounter is in Santa Clara, CA. On the north webstern border of San Jose. Come by when you get into town. We'll buy you a beer. :)

San Jose is pretty boring.. they are finally getting some decent restaurants & a few good bars. Most people head up to San Francisco if they want to go out and party.

There are some beautiful places to live in the south bay area. Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Altos Hills... The only problem is the price of the pads. A nice house in one of those towns is gonna run 1.2 Million for a started house. ;)

It is expensive, but it's a great place to live.. Virtually no crime, great Data Centers!, Awesome weather, beautiful hills... it's nice just really expensive.

I should be in san jose for a week in late january im thinking.. to see how things are.. sounds like a plan man :)

This is all true. Capitola, eh?

You don't know a guy with the nickname "shotglass" do you?

I lived there for a while. It gets a bit warm compared to Santa Cruz. I'd chose Felton over Scotts Valley.

Dude, do yourself a favour and go just a bit further to San Fran. It's only like a 30-45 min drive away, and the city is so much better.

I've been to San Jose, and I swear I thought the city was built by Disney. Too damn "clean" and "goody goody" There really isn't a personality to the place, I guess it's cause it's a fairly new city.

GO TO SAN FRAN INSTEAD!!!!

I live in San Francisco and grew up 10 minutes away in Burlingame. So compared to here San Jose weather is like Hawai, lol

Correct. So it sucks if you can't afford it. On the other hand if you can afford it then you can make a fucking killing in real estate here. Nothing beats owning expensive property that goes up 10% yearly :winkwink:

Only if you have a real job that requires commuting to work :winkwink:

Menlo is a really, really nice city.

That is waaaay cool that you lived in 60's SF. That must have been one fucking fun party :thumbsup

I've never lived in Southern Cali and don't really know much about it. The dozen times I've gone to DisneyLand, Universal Studios etc.. is the most i've seen of it. And since every time i've gone it was sometime in the summer and the weather was like 100 degrees, then i just assumed So.Cali has killer all summer long great weather.

But overal I still love the Bay Area. I wouldn't move away from here for anything. I think it's the greatest place to live. Property value isn't crazy expensive here for nothing :winkwink:

Just my :2 cents:

the parts I can remember were :1orglaugh