San Jose is L.A without beach and glamour

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by the topper

It's a world class city: the second most in the nation. This city is so culturally diverse. San Jose area is the economic and population of the Bay Area, along with the biggest transit hub. It's the best performing and most productive region in the country. Pay attention to the news over time, marble

Meh, we're a one industry town. True world class cities tend to have multiple functions.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by jackymcsparrow

How about we just say San Jose is overcrowded, overpriced, and overrated..... I don't rate LA for the same reasons.

Fair enough. Although I'd say LA is more overrated than SJ. Your average American knows LA. But half of America thinks San Jose is a suburb of LA.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by the topper

It's part of San Jose. San Jose/Silicon Valley is 3rd most dynamic city the world. San Jose is 6th coolest city in the U.S.. San Jose is 3rd best city in the country to live and best performing city, period. The Richest, too. That's a world class city! Watch the "Good Doctor".

Yes, everyone agrees it's relatively wealthy for a large city and has great weather. The rest is nonsense.

[the topper]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

You're delusional. I used to live in Tucson, which is 5 degrees cooler than PHX in summer. PHX is insanely hot, made worse by the urban heat island effect. PHX is now 12 degrees warmer at night than it was before WW2. Only 2 of those degrees are said to be due to climate change--the rest is too much concrete, dark surfaces, lack of shade trees, etc. Yet no one in PHX seems to care. They just crank up the air conditioning some more.

I've been in Phoenix during one of its worst heatwave back in the late 2000's when it hit 119. Short while ago, it felt so horribly hot in Los Gatos, and it was only 96 in San Jose. It felt worse than Phoenix. I guess the cool bay winds were so light and not noticeable at all. Sun was blazing and winds were so light with so much heat coming off the asphalt big time. San Jose can be pathetic. It can feel so hot, but the city temps only says otherwise.