indian community in palo alto v/s sunnyvale (Santa Clara, Los Altos: 2010, rent)

[vikas.gupta]

Hello all,

How different is the indian community, restaurants, events in Palo Alto as compared to Sunnyvale?

My wife has a job there but I am wondering if we should stay in Sunnyvale and she continue to commute there daily [ not much of a commute by car by she doesn't know how to drive yet ]

We like it in Sunnyvale - we have a good social circle, safe place to live, reasonable rents, good Indian restaurants. I have been here for a year and most of the friends I made are either in Sunnyvale or Santa Clara - I can't think of any in Palo Alto. So, does the Indian crowd avoid Palo Alto?

From these forums, I got a sense that Palo Alto has higher rent in general.

No kids yet - so schools/ day care etc is not a consideration for now.

Thanks for your help.

[hsw]

My sense is Indians from India (as opposed to US-born Indian Americans) who are grad students at Stanford Engineering tend to live in on-campus housing, rather than PA itself

Early in their post-grad careers, guys often rent a place closer to office (when they're working non-stop anyway) in some newer apt complex deep in SiliconValley where rents are cheaper than PA

And those who have made a few dollars seem to prefer building new houses in Atherton or Los Altos Hills, as generally many Indians dislike the older housing stock of PA and the greater hassles of tearing down an existing house to build a new house in PA

Don't believe that this migration pattern for Indians has changed much in decades....considering both Indians I know who arrived at Stanford back in '60s....to Indians who are more recent alums of Stanford

[vikas.gupta]

Thanks hsw for your opinion.

[puneeth kumar]

HiI am Puneeth Kumar A, will be joining stanford university as postdoctoral fellow by mid jan 2010. I am searching for housing facility near stanford univerisity. If anyone have information with house / apts for share please let me know.

[nmguy]

Stanford offers housing placement services to its students. Why don't you stop by the office?