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Old 03-28-2013, 12:41 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Sorry I asked. I thought you were from Oakland so you would have the insights. Gee.
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:30 PM
 
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Lots of posts about Berkeley - however, from my research, the piano teaching market there is quite saturated already. I've heard a lot about Walnut Creek, and it seems like a nice place to live and not as far from SF as some other suburbs. There's also apparently a good demand for piano lessons without a huge supply of teachers. Any experiences in that area? The only thing that worries me is that it seems to have a significant elderly population, which isn't exactly the demographic I'm looking for. Google maps shows Walnut Creek to SF as a 30 minute drive, but I'm sure traffic would make it a bit longer trip. Any thoughts?

And please keep the input coming about other places!
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:44 PM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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I will be opening a private piano teaching studio. Usually families who care about quality education (and can afford to live in good school districts or pay for private schools) are more likely to take lessons.
I'm a piano teacher myself. You want to look for areas where you will find Indian or Chinese families. There is so much demand for music teachers in places like Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Fremont, Palo Alto - not as much in San Francisco/upper peninsula/East Bay. Maybe you will spend a little more in rent, but the pool of students makes up for it.
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:52 PM
 
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Ah, the age old problem.

We don't have anyplace like a Nyack or a Morris Plains - about 30 minutes out but a real true suburban town in the East Coast sense.

We do have places with a similar look and feel but the homes are all north of 1M and rentals are few and far between.
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, CA
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Lots of posts about Berkeley - however, from my research, the piano teaching market there is quite saturated already. I've heard a lot about Walnut Creek, and it seems like a nice place to live and not as far from SF as some other suburbs. There's also apparently a good demand for piano lessons without a huge supply of teachers. Any experiences in that area? The only thing that worries me is that it seems to have a significant elderly population, which isn't exactly the demographic I'm looking for. Google maps shows Walnut Creek to SF as a 30 minute drive, but I'm sure traffic would make it a bit longer trip. Any thoughts?

And please keep the input coming about other places!
Walnut Creek has a HUGE senior population because of the amount of senior living areas. But there are a lot of tract houses and families around. Plus you would have access to Danville, and San Ramon markets on the 680 corridor.
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Old 03-28-2013, 06:03 PM
 
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I will be opening a private piano teaching studio. Usually families who care about quality education (and can afford to live in good school districts or pay for private schools) are more likely to take lessons.
rockridge or crocker highlands
Walkable Rockridge and Crocker Highland in Demand - The Numbers - Curbed SF
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:28 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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If you give up on walkable, you'll have a lot more options.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:36 PM
 
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If you give up on walkable, you'll have a lot more options.
Well, basically what I mean by walkable is that I want to be in a nice, safe, quiet neighborhood so that I can be comfortable about taking a walk/run around my neighborhood at any time in the day, and taking my future dog out for a walk/run a few times a day. Sure, I can always go to a park and do this, but part of my personal dream is to be able to do this right outside my front door. I don't necessarily mean that everything should be in walking distance, but that would be a definite plus.
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Old 03-28-2013, 11:37 PM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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Well, basically what I mean by walkable is that I want to be in a nice, safe, quiet neighborhood so that I can be comfortable about taking a walk/run around my neighborhood at any time in the day, and taking my future dog out for a walk/run a few times a day. Sure, I can always go to a park and do this, but part of my personal dream is to be able to do this right outside my front door. I don't necessarily mean that everything should be in walking distance, but that would be a definite plus.
It's kind of a strange definition, but I understand what you mean. I live in a part of San Jose that manages to be both very walkable and shamefully car-centric (over a mile to any store or public transit). I love the area, but I do sometimes wish that I didn't have to get in the car for everything. That's just the reality in the Silicon Valley.
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Old 03-28-2013, 11:49 PM
 
Location: South Korea
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You should pick what region you want to focus your work on first. As sonarrat said some regions like the South Bay might be better for you, and in that case living in San Mateo County or Santa Clara County would make more sense than living in the East Bay. In terms of walkability, SF, Berkeley and Oakland are the main walkable towns in the Bay Area. San Mateo County has a lot of older suburbs with walkable little "downtown" areas but it is a bit more suburban than say Berkeley or Oakland. But certainly you could walk your dog or run in a San Mateo town and enjoy it.
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