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View Poll Results: What is the fourth urban center of the Bay Area?
Santa Rosa 7 29.17%
Berkeley 15 62.50%
Fremont 2 8.33%
Vallejo 0 0%
Hayward 0 0%
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Old 02-03-2016, 11:15 PM
 
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If San Fran is first, San Jose second, and Oakland third, then which city would get fourth? Berkeley, Fremont, Santa Rosa, Redwood City?
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Old 02-03-2016, 11:19 PM
 
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Fremont? lol no. Definitely Berkeley, it has one of the largest, most vibrant downtown's plus a lot of dense, older housing stock.
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Old 02-03-2016, 11:36 PM
 
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I picked Santa Rosa, because it is a draw for its section of the Bay Area. I said no to Fremont because it isn't a regional draw for anything.
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Old 02-03-2016, 11:47 PM
 
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I think I read the OP wrong, lol. I thought it most 4th most urban. But for 4th urban "center" yeah probably Santa Rosa. It draws from the surrounding rural counties too such as Mendocino.
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Old 02-03-2016, 11:50 PM
 
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Berkeley is the answer (although it's very tightly linked to Oakland). But the choices here are strange... I'd at least put San Mateo or Redwood City before Fremont.

Also, Walnut Creek.

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Old 02-03-2016, 11:58 PM
 
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I'd combine Berkeley and Oakland as a single urban center of the "Inner East Bay." Berkeley really isn't a separate "urban center" from Oakland. Berkeley's street grid bleeds into Oakland's and there is a very large contiguous urban area in which it is hard to tell at a glance which city you are in (you can cross city boundaries several times driving down the same street without knowing it).

Hayward is an east by suburb and Fremont splits its identity as an east bay/Silicon Valley suburb.

I guess I'd go with Santa Rosa from your list - it really is the center of an area that feels very separate from the other three centers.

What about Walnut Creek and the Tri-Valley (Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore)?
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Old 02-04-2016, 12:04 AM
 
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What about Walnut Creek and the Tri-Valley (Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore)?
It's definitely the most "urban" center of the outer East Bay, so yeah I would probably place it ahead of SR if you break up the East Bay. It has the best shopping in the entire East Bay as well imo.
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Old 02-04-2016, 04:59 PM
 
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Walnut Creek/Concord!
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:35 PM
 
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Walnut Creek to Pleasanton....
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Old 02-05-2016, 05:41 PM
 
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I'd combine Berkeley and Oakland as a single urban center of the "Inner East Bay." Berkeley really isn't a separate "urban center" from Oakland. Berkeley's street grid bleeds into Oakland's and there is a very large contiguous urban area in which it is hard to tell at a glance which city you are in (you can cross city boundaries several times driving down the same street without knowing it).

Hayward is an east by suburb and Fremont splits its identity as an east bay/Silicon Valley suburb.

I guess I'd go with Santa Rosa from your list - it really is the center of an area that feels very separate from the other three centers.

What about Walnut Creek and the Tri-Valley (Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore)?
Santa Rosa. For the reasons mentioned above. All the other areas are really components of Oakland, SF & SJ, simply by proximity. It's hard to call them an 'urban center' in their own right.
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