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Old 10-22-2013, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Palo Alto ranked 1st in the nation, which I happen to agree with since I work there and know it's a fabulously perfect place but the average home price is $3 million according to trulia.com, so bring your wallet. lol

Top 100 Best Places to Live | Livability
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Site seems like a lot of junk to me, with their factors not being properly weighted for stuff like cost.

Eugene and Palo Alto with nearly identical housing scores???
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:15 AM
 
Location: O.C.
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These lists are useless and ANAHEIM is ranked 28th best place to live in the country? I literally LOL'd. I've lived in Anaheim for 7 years and cannot wait to move. It's dirty, overrun with illegals, graffiti and gang activity are rampant and just last year we had riots outside city hall where gang bangers and their criminal families clashed with police who fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of women and children. Whoever made this list was higher than ****.
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Greenwood Village Colorado
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I laughed when I saw Boulder was number 2 We have every redneck and people in their early 20's trying to move to Boulder until they realize it's expensive So then they look for places outside colorado, no mountain views etc Then we end up with so many people on street corners with signs asking for money I wish they would stop publishing lists like these


sorry for the no punctuation seems to be broken on my keyboard
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Old 10-22-2013, 10:21 AM
 
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If cost is not a strong weighting factor, it is a list for elites, dandies and thieves.
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Old 10-22-2013, 10:29 AM
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Location: Sonoma County
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overrun with illegals
gang activity are rampant
gang bangers and their criminal families
Yawn. The world's a big scary place, you should seriously consider getting out before it gets worse.
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Old 10-22-2013, 04:18 PM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
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Palo Alto is beautiful, but I think that only the top .0001% could afford to live there.
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Old 10-22-2013, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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If Hayward (my hometown) belongs in the top 100, the rest of the country must be a real shlz hole.
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Old 10-22-2013, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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If cost is not a strong weighting factor, it is a list for elites, dandies and thieves.
Or - the results of interns throwing darts at a map in the breakroom.
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Old 10-22-2013, 08:57 PM
 
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Even ignoring the housing factor, I still would not rank Palo Alto #1. The downtown area isn't that appealing to me, the restaurants are pretty mediocre, and I feel like the presence of Stanford U adds a great deal of prestige to the area but also gives it a disjointed feel. I don't think Stanford integrates with the surrounding community as well as a true college town. The weather is great but not as good as Southern California.
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