Suburbs of San Francisco and Oakland (San Jose, Fremont: income, to live in, residential)

[D-Towner]

I was wondering what are considered the suburbs of San Francisco. Would the north Bay (particularly Marin county) be considered suburban San Francisco or is Suburban San Francisco considered to be the Peninsula? As far as Oakland suburbs go...is Milpitas considered to be a suburb of San Jose or Oakland? Is Livermore considered a suburb of Oakland or is it thought of as being its own city?

Why is there no Oakland Forum?

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

I was wondering what are considered the suburbs of San Francisco. Would the north Bay (particularly Marin county) be considered suburban San Francisco or is Suburban San Francisco considered to be the Peninsula? As far as Oakland suburbs go...is Milpitas considered to be a suburb of San Jose or Oakland? Is Livermore considered a suburb of Oakland or is it thought of as being its own city?

Why is there no Oakland Forum?

My honest opinion is that each place here is it's own city - some with a more urban feel, some with a more suburban feel. So I think of Oakland as it's own city and Livermore as it's own city.

[415_810]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

I was wondering what are considered the suburbs of San Francisco. Would the north Bay (particularly Marin county) be considered suburban San Francisco or is Suburban San Francisco considered to be the Peninsula? As far as Oakland suburbs go...is Milpitas considered to be a suburb of San Jose or Oakland? Is Livermore considered a suburb of Oakland or is it thought of as being its own city?

Why is there no Oakland Forum?

They are their own cities but also the suburbs. Everywhere you mentioned is considered part of the immeadiate bay area. Marin county and the peninsula are suburbs of san francisco. Milpitas is more of a san jose suburb than oakland and livermore a suburb of oakland. Though livermore is more not a suburb just a town.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

For suburbs in the sense of what people from other parts of the country are used to, the North and Far East Bay are where you'll find them. There is even a bit of space between them. Then there is the continuous development from the Golden Gate, all the way down to South San Jose and all the way up to Richmond. That is more of a mini LA (with the exception of the Western parts of the SF to SJ conurbation). It all depends what you want.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

To answer the OP's question about why is there no Oakland forum, why is there no Pasadena / Reseda / etc forum? Why is there no Irving forum?

[hsw]

Economic geography of SF region is not unlike that of Dallas (or LA or Hou or any other major US urban region)...many major employers and higher-income jobs are in suburbs, not in CBD

By that definition, City of SF is largely a residential suburb for yuppies who work in Silicon Valley

[rah]

Originally Posted by hsw

Economic geography of SF region is not unlike that of Dallas (or LA or Hou or any other major US urban region)...many major employers and higher-income jobs are in suburbs, not in CBD

You are right about this part. Though SF isn't lacking at all either...SF gains around 200,000 people every week day.

By that definition, City of SF is largely a residential suburb for yuppies who work in Silicon Valley

But as always, you're always completely wrong about this one.

[D-Towner]

What are your favorite suburbs in the area?

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Albany, Moraga, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, Hillsborough, Burlingame, Tiburon, Mill Valley, Kentfield

Each for various reasons. All would be splendid to live in. Some are very, very expensive, others not as much.

[Taboo2]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

I was wondering what are considered the suburbs of San Francisco. Would the north Bay (particularly Marin county) be considered suburban San Francisco or is Suburban San Francisco considered to be the Peninsula? As far as Oakland suburbs go...is Milpitas considered to be a suburb of San Jose or Oakland? Is Livermore considered a suburb of Oakland or is it thought of as being its own city?

Why is there no Oakland Forum?

Originally it was ALL a suburb of San Francisco, and many of us continue to consider even Santa Clara County just another San Francisco Suburb. High -tech aside, this place- it is all the same. San Jose has no real decent Downtown to speak of still. it is more like LA (who also lacks a real downtown fun kind of feel). The campuses in the south bay are so spread out it hardly matters which side of the bay you live on, People commute from Santa Cruz daily all the way up to Cupertino etc..l.

Oakland has hardly any commerce and it is a suburb of SF even though many Oaktowners won't agree. All the surrounding Counties blend into one another. Marin, Solano, Sonoma, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo and up to SF. You are just as likely to see someone in Walnut Creek work in Fremont/Milpitas as you are to see someone in Fremont work in SF or San Jose as to see someone in San Jose who works in San Mateo as to See someone in Oakland who works in San Ramon, as to see someone in Palo Alto who works in Mt View and someone who lives on MT view work in Palo Alto. and around and around we go. This is why the traffic is ridiculous. It truly is every which way you go.