Tiburon vs Atherton

[xulu]

I live in Atherton for about 3 years now, not only is this Town very pleasant to live in but I find their residents (the ones I've met along the way)to be very friendly as well. One would have to experience living in this area to appreciate the quietness & beauty of the Town. The schools are very good and safe for our kids. Is only minutes away from shopping Centers, restaurants and is very safe to be outdoors riding my bike, walking etc. every Town has beauty to be appreciated or issues that need to be worked on but one thing about Atherton which is sometimes very very good: You hardly ever see your neighboors and that is a plus

[juliegt]

Originally Posted by Hobart

The lots don't have any views, but they seem perfect for families with sidewalks and flat streets.

No sidewalks in Atherton. It's near Menlo Park and Redwood City. I think Tiburon is more scenic. both are very nice, very affluent communities.

[bethmarywhite]

Originally Posted by capoeira

1. Target (Redwood City,San Mateo,Mountain View)
2. Walmart(in Mountain View)
3. Gold's Gym
4. Barnes & Noble
5. Stanford Shopping Mall
6. Tanforan Mall
7. Hillsdale Mall
8. Borders Books
9. Trader Joe's
10. Whole Foods(4)
11. K-mart
12. Good burritos on Middlefield Road
13. Downtown Palo Alto
14. Downtown San Mateo
15. Downtown Burlingame
16. Nob Hill Foods
17. Nijiya Japanese Market
18. 99 Ranch(large Chinese market)
19. Toys R Us
20. Frys Electronics
21. Best Buy
22. Annapoorna (best South Indian food)
23. KL Wines
24. Malibu Grand Prix
25. Armadillo Willys Texas Bbq
26. Carls Jr.
27. Office Depot
28. The Village Pub
29. Pamplemousse Patisserie
30. Draeger's Market
31. Home Depot
32. Century 20 Movie Theater

That was nice of you to take the time!

[bethmarywhite]

Originally Posted by whoIam

Silicon Valley is not the place to go to avoid the tech industry, although I suppose running a business from home (via technology) makes it easier to avoid people you don't want to run into. What is there to avoid, anyway? I don't know if you are already aware of this, but Atherton is home to CEOs of the some of the giants of the Industry you want nothing to do with as well as the VC heads who finance its future generations. According to Wikipedia, listed among its many "notable residents" are:

* Eric E. Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google
* Charles R. Schwab, Founder and CEO of the Charles Schwab Corp.
* Thomas F. Stephenson, Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital
* Steve Westly, State Controller of California
* Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay
* Mark Hurd, CEO of HP
* Mark Kvamme, Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital
* Robert Fischer, Chairman, Gap
* Russell Pyne, Venture Capitalist, Atrium Capital

I'm not personally familiar with Atherton, but I noticed that city-data has some info regarding common occupations of males and females. For males, "top executives" was the most common for Atherton, and "lawyers" was the most common in Tiburon.

Also, according to Wikipedia - and the reason I'm on this thread to begin with - is it's the home of Ted Robinson, who as I type is calling a tennis match on Tennis Channel. He also does Wimbledon and the French Open for NBC, and according to Wikipedia, the new voice of the 49ers.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

As I understand it, prices are off a bit more in Tiburon right now than they are in Atherton. I've seen some homes for sale on Paradise Drive, even a couple fixers. May be the time to jump in.

[G Grasshopper]

Tiburon is close to two large shopping centers in Corte Madera. It also has a couple of great nature centers, is scenic, has good schools. Its a nice place.

[Hobart]

I finally moved here to Tiburon, I can't live without a view and I have children and Tiburon's schools are ranked much higher than Atherton's and are one of the best in the Bay Area, so I chose the Tiburon-Belvedere area.

By the way, that list is funny. I don't think people live in Atherton because they are close to Target and Walmart likewise, Tiburon and Belvedere people don't care they are not near a Target and Walmart.