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What areas are good to live in near San Francisco if you have kids? |
Travel Info We are thinking of moving up there and not too familiar with the area. Are there any suburbs? We want a suburb, family oriented area and close to S.F. Also, a place where it's not too expensive to rent. Thanks! Travel Tips The Bay Area is very large, and has a lot of different types of neighborhoods. Most of the area is suburban except San Francisco. Where to live depends on whether you work in San Francisco, or just want to live close enough to visit on the weekends. If you work in the city, the best place to live is on the peninsula (I hear Pacifica and Foster City are nice.) Anywhere where you have to take a bridge is going to take forever in traffic, so you should look at a map to see what towns would be close. If you don't need to live near the city, there are a lot more options. Fremont, where I live, is one of the safest towns in America. But almost all of Silicon Valley (San Jose - Palo Alto - Milpitas) is safe suburbs. Unfortunately, everywhere in the Bay Area is too expensive. The cheapest places are ones that are very remote from the bay, like Hollister, Tracy, and Vacaville. You will need to choose between convenience and price. I strongly suggest you look at maps to familiarize yourself with the area, and hopefully you know local people who can show you around. Source(s): maps.google.com Other Travel Tips Petaluma is nice, 45 minutes north of the city, and pretty reasonable I grew up IN the city so 'reasonable' is obviously relative, but there's nothing too cheap around there. 20 years in SF Down the PENINSULA: Millbrae, San Mateo, Foster City ares nice & warmer suburban places. Daly City is the next town over but because of the hills, traffic and wide blvds., because of the traffic it might be more challenging for children to cross the major streets to get to & from from school to home or shopping. Also, it's not that warm in Daly City because it is closer to the coast. I suggest those cities down the Peninsula because If you work in SF, there would be no bridge to cross and you have the option of using hwy 101, 280, or El Camino Real to get to SF. Also there is Caltrain from San Jose and BART from Millbrae or Daly City to SF. In addition to the places mentioned earlier (Petaluma stinks, though ... sorry, it is [near] a farming community): in order of exclusivity: Walnut Creek (least exclusive), Lafayette, Orinda, Rockridge, or anywhere in between. They have BART stations for easy access to the city. Hum in the city it cost alot to live!!! But if you go further south or north just like 15 min drive housing is cheap!! Daly city on our south border is very nice like suburbs South San francisco 15 mins nice close to eveything San mateo 30 mins alot cheaper!!! alot of house!!! Norther Oakland cheap but not for familys the ghetto part i mean!! Marin like but close to SF rent. Navoto But if u want really cheap and 100% suburd got o Brent wood!!! it like 45- hour drive big house alot less $$ than sf!! hope this help have fun and good luck!! |
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