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[Oakformonday]

Originally Posted by tprice7111

Thank you. Some of my colleagues live in Walnut Creek. Heard its not a bad commute, my main concern is the lack of diversity and I'm kind of tired of the suburbs. We don't want to be isolated.

Not a bad commute on BART from Walnut Creek (you can check it out on the website). There is a lot of diversity in the Bay Area. I don' see that being an issue. What kind of diversity are you looking for?

[jade408]

Originally Posted by sonarrat

Good schools and urban environment = huge money. It's so out of hand now that even the nice parts of Oakland like Rockridge and Montclair, which are pretty, walkable, safe and diverse and all that but have poor public high schools.. even that is well out of your range. That's why Walnut Creek is a good compromise, but it does tend to be where family-minded white Midwesterners move to when they come to California..

Rockridge feeds into Oakland Tech which is pretty good right now and improving. By the time the OPs kid is in high school i am sure several more high schools will be excellent.

But OP, the walkable areas of Oakland generally have good elementary schools and are safe, but are expensive and keep getting more so.

I'd agree about Alameda, but it is out of budget. Your budget is a severely limiting factor for your wishlist.