Top East Bay Communities Question (Hayward, Livermore: homes, neighborhoods, best school districts)

[ilovesprint]

Everyone,

I am getting ready to come out and look for homes...

Here are the cities I am considering looking at..

Livermore
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Lafayette
Moraga
Orinda

Any other's that need to be seen?

Looking for good schools and good safe community

Thanks

[clongirl]

I noticed that Pleasanton isn't on your list. It's a little closer to the other towns you mentioned than Livermore. Pleasant Hill is also pretty nice.

[humboldtrat]

Also Dublin, Alamo and Danville.

I like the Dublin/Pleasanton area. Near the intersection of I-580 and I-680, has a BART station and one of the bigger malls in the east bay Simon Malls | More Choices — Stoneridge Shopping Center Information, Stoneridge Shopping Center Gift Cards.

[Taboo2]

Montclair/Piedmont
Sunol
Blackhawk
Castro Valley
Alamo

Originally Posted by ilovesprint

Everyone,

I am getting ready to come out and look for homes...

Here are the cities I am considering looking at..

Livermore
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Lafayette
Moraga
Orinda

Any other's that need to be seen?

Looking for good schools and good safe community

Thanks

[shannybannany]

Where will you be working? That can mean all the difference in the world.

For instance...if you are working in the city, Orinda would be doable but Livermore would be a commuter's nightmare.

Good luck with your move.

~Shanny

[ilovesprint]

Ill be working out of my house

some trips to union city

some to a Airport

So I can really live anywhere

[kraigk1]

Originally Posted by ilovesprint

Everyone,

I am getting ready to come out and look for homes...

Here are the cities I am considering looking at..

Livermore
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Lafayette
Moraga
Orinda

Any other's that need to be seen?

Looking for good schools and good safe community

Thanks

Consider Hayward Hills. It's much better than Hayward, but undervalued because of the Hayward flats stigma. There are some incredible neighborhoods being built up there.

[krudmonk]

I would stick with Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga. That part of the hills is nicer than the inland east bay.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

I would stick with Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga. That part of the hills is nicer than the inland east bay.

I tend to agree.

Orinda is really nice and lots of places claim this, but Orinda's schools really are among the very best in the state, perhaps among the 3 best school districts in California.

[sav858]

All of those locations offer good schools and a safe community. Walnut Creek has the most to offer out of all of those cities by far b/c of it's large downtown. Also it's a better spot for getting to other parts of the Bay Area b/c of the 680/24 interchange and BART station, but all do have BART except San Ramon and Livermore.