Name one of your favorite things about living in the Bay Area (San Jose: house, price)

[bodyforlife99]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

• The impressive amount of great jobs in my field (at some of the best companies in the country)
• Access to great hiking/backpacking locations, specifically along the beautiful coastal areas and in some of the more impressive mountains in the lower 48 (Sierra Nevadas)
• Prevalence of well-educated people
• Cultural diversity (compared to the rest of the country)
• Large amount of people who think liberally (yes, this is a positive for me)
• Access to fresh food (due to proximity to where much of it is grown), and the great amount of mid-tier food that's awesome (the Bay Area kills it in the $10-20 range - which is where most of my meals out are)
• Great weather that makes doing things outside 365 days a year very easy (even when it's raining) - to go with that, I really love the microclimates (want cooler/hotter weather? drier/wetter weather? you can likely find it, and probably only 15-20 miles away), and I really love the fog of the coast
• Large amount of friends (and some family) that I've built up here
• Access to 3 large cities that each have their own unique take on things (SF, Oak, and SJ all are interesting places in their own ways)
• Access to good transit (compared to the rest of the US) that lets me go car-free (even in the suburbs)

All of those taken together make living here worth it, despite the asinine cost of living. Many areas in the country have some aspects of this (i.e. some places have great weather/hiking/backpacking, but have no jobs - some have lots of jobs, but are terribly boring or don't have great access to great natural surroundings)...I think only a couple of other places come close to having many of these things for me (Portland, Seattle, maybe Denver), but I'm comfortable where I am now and don't see myself leaving anytime soon.


Things I wish were better:

• Cost of living (obviously)
• To go with COL, income inequality
• Transit (it's good - but not great, and could be so much better)
• Did I mention cost of living?...

There you go again. Oh Hockey, you do crack me up though. Thanks!

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by bodyforlife99

There you go again. Oh Hockey, you do crack me up though. Thanks!

Haha... What part did you have an issue with?

[bodyforlife99]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

Haha... What part did you have an issue with?

Back to the title...Name one of your favorite things about living in the Bay Area



I love the enthusiasm though. Good for you.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by bodyforlife99

Back to the title...Name one of your favorite things about living in the Bay Area



I love the enthusiasm though. Good for you.

Hey, no need to single me out. Everyone except you named more than one item. I'm just following their lead.

[ccm123]

My family here, great career opportunities in my field, diverse culture, educated people, natural beauty, great restaurants.

[WizardOfRadical]

Not too long of a plane ride to LA, where good looking people are.

[ambessa]

Originally Posted by 04kL4nD

the weather, cultural diversity, food, employment opportunities, and access to the outdoors are what make the insane COL seemingly worth it to me.

Ditto Also, great date-night options (theater, concerts, festivals, etc)!

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

I moved away 2 years ago, and the one thing I really miss is having lots of things to do. Especially lots of classes, like recreation department adult classes like crafts and cooking, etc., and senior bus trips.

If I can mention one more it would be shopping. God, I miss Trader Joes!

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by WizardOfRadical

Not LA.

Fixed it for ya

[WizardOfRadical]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

Fixed it for ya

Apparently you are obsessed with my opinions. I'm flattered, I think.