Should I move to San Jose? (San Diego, Napa: crime, job market, to buy)

[Pete from CA]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

poor government services despite the high taxes.

Not saying this isn't true but what exactly are these "poor government services" and which state provides better services for less money?

Originally Posted by vallelygirl

It's so ethnically diverse with such high racial-tensions and crime rates. Our State has gone down hill over the last 30 years as a direct result of the diversity and tension! I grew up in the San Jose area and moved near Napa Valley about 13 years ago. And, when I visit the San Jose Area I'm so glad I do not live there anymore. There is so much racial tension that San Jose

This is news to me. The place is ethnically diversity for sure, but racial tensions?!

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by vallelygirl

And, when I visit the San Jose Area I'm so glad I do not live there anymore. There is so much racial tension that San Jose is not called San Jose anymore, it's Little Saigon, Little Korea, Little Japan, Little Iran, Little Iraq, Little Phillipines, Little India, etc...Everyone in the ENTIRE WORLD wants to come to the SF Bay area, and as a result, it's a trashy, busy, tension-filled, expensive place to live, with great weather, great scenery, high-rent and MEAN people everywhere, especially on the freeways! Don't come. You won't like it.

We'll clear out all the non-white, "yucky" people just for you, if you would please grace our heretofore tragically diverse city with your divine presence, dear. If only everyone everywhere could all just be exactly the same. That how it is up in whine country, these days?

[Snort]

Move for the great pho.
The name says it all!

[BayAreaHillbilly]

San Jose wins over Cleveland in my book.

Ironic tid bit - there used to be (maybe still is?) a thing called the "San Jose - Cleveland Ballet."

The idea was to combine two struggling companies.

Not sure whatever became of the arrangement. Interesting nonetheless.

[camom2]

Hi There,

What is the most you want to pay in rent when you move out to San Jose Mach999?

[e_cuyler]

Your biggest issues will probably be rent, food, etc. Rent will be higher than what you are used to for sure, and food might be.

Taxes can be higher or lower depending on the individual situation, I am a middle income person and have never felt that I paid a whole lot in taxes here. In the past, the state has given renters a tax credit to offset the high rents. Car tags, driver's licenses, etc., have actually been less than they were in my home state [Oklahoma], and I think even the income taxes are a bit lower in CA, at least in recent years. No sales tax on most groceries here, either. It all depends on your individual situation and what you're used to paying where you're coming from.

Traditionally, the area is usually one of the first to start turning around after a recession, so it might not be a bad place to be if you like it otherwise.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Pete from CA

Not saying this isn't true but what exactly are these "poor government services" and which state provides better services for less money?

You might want to read this piece from the LA Times related to this issue:

The Golden State isn't worth it - Los Angeles Times

[ndfmnlf]

Originally Posted by vallelygirl

Well, who wouldn't want to come to California from the "Mid-West"? The Mid-West sucks economy-wise, scenery-wise and weather-wise. As a result, California is bombarded by "mid-westerner's". As a matter of fact, California is bombarded by every walk of life ALL over the world. It's so ethnically diverse with such high racial-tensions and crime rates. Our State has gone down hill over the last 30 years as a direct result of the diversity and tension! I grew up in the San Jose area and moved near Napa Valley about 13 years ago. And, when I visit the San Jose Area I'm so glad I do not live there anymore. There is so much racial tension that San Jose is not called San Jose anymore, it's Little Saigon, Little Korea, Little Japan, Little Iran, Little Iraq, Little Phillipines, Little India, etc...Everyone in the ENTIRE WORLD wants to come to the SF Bay area, and as a result, it's a trashy, busy, tension-filled, expensive place to live, with great weather, great scenery, high-rent and MEAN people everywhere, especially on the freeways! Don't come. You won't like it.

Kick out all the non-whites, and Silicon Valley will be paradise all over again.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by ndfmnlf

Kick out all the non-whites, and Silicon Valley will be paradise all over again.

It was actually white elites (and non white versions of the same) from the NE US who essentially changed the place into a non hospitable place for the middle class of all colors and creeds.

Whites, blacks, Latinos, assimilated Asians, of modest means and at most a bachelors have been pushed out in droves and replaced by Ivy Leaguers and foreign equivalents thereof.

[mistachy]

Originally Posted by Pete from CA

Not saying this isn't true but what exactly are these "poor government services" and which state provides better services for less money?



This is news to me. The place is ethnically diversity for sure, but racial tensions?!

yea ive been here 2 months... have not seen any racial tensions. im sure there may be gangs where they exist which may have racial tensions... but that is just an assumption.

But i have not seen this...