BEST places to live in the bay area | EP 6
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- BEST places to live in the bay area
This is the BEST video for best places to live in the Bay Area! Are you thinking about buying a home in the San Francisco area but don’t necessarily want to live right in the city? Well in this video I am going to go over my top 5 cities near San Francisco and what is so great about each one of them!
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1) Alameda:
Links for more info:
•www.estately.com/blog/2015/11...
•www.7x7.com/modern-guide-to-a... •www.greatschools.org/californ...
2) Oakland:
Links for more info:
•www.eater.com/maps/best-resta... •blog.unpakt.com/11-reasons-wh... •www.greatschools.org/californ...
3) Berkeley:
Links for more info:
•www.visitberkeley.com/blog/wh...
•sf.eater.com/maps/best-restau...
•www.greatschools.org/californ...
4) Lafayette:
Links for more info:
•www.greatschools.org/californ...
•www.tripbuzz.com/free-things-t...
•www.7x7.com/modern-guide-to-l...
5) WC = CC County
Links for more info:
•www.visitwalnutcreek.org/
•www.greatschools.org/californ... •www.walnutcreekmagazine.com/20...
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You're super great! Video was informative and fun to watch.
You are the sweetest! Thanks chica! Smootches and lots of love to you!! XOOX
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Berkeley is great. Fantastic restaurants. Educated and progressive. Beautiful in the hills and recreation.
This video was great! Super informative and can really help so many families understand the different vibes in each area.
Aww thank you SM! I am hoping so! :) Cheers!!
Thanks for sharing these nearby cities, Rachel! It's good to know that there are many options available!
NP glad you enjoyed! :)
I love that you gave people so may options and great descriptions of each.
Thanks SM! I could talk forever about the Bay, Love it here! I appreciate your time! :)
This info is so helpful for anyone thinking about moving to the bay area - sounds like there are lots of options!
Thanks sm! Have a great weekend!
You are doing a good job my friend! Nice work! I like the Jackson Wilkey spin...:)
Super Informative Video-- Alameda sounds good to me -- I will take the ferry ! Berkley too !
Very informative and great focus on family with children. Loved it.
Aww thank you SM! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
San Bruno, immediately South of SF has lots going for it- nestled in the hills above the bay, small town feel, great hiking and views.
Very true! Love San Bruno 👍🏽
Great video. Walnut Creek sounds amazing!
Thanks SM! It's my favorite! :)
I was thinking of san mateo and redwood city. But Alameda seems really nice too. Thanks!
Lafayette sounds great- kid friendly! Thanks for the info.
I love Lafayette fantastic place for kids! :) WC is great too, less urban than the rest but awesome for families!
#1: Alameda...i lived there for 14 years.
We moved to Danville a few years ago, I now work in Walnut Creek in the building at the 3:56 mark.
Lived in SF in the late 90s. Loving the east bay. No better place to raise a family imo.
Great video! I met you in Berkeley about 15 years ago at a networking event (I'm a CPA) You were a photographer, cool to see you jumped into real estate. I work with lots of real estate salespeople.
Thanks so much for the comment and I agree, I grew up in San Ramon so I love the east bay! Wow that must have been right when I started my photo biz. Things are great for me and I am loving doing Real Estate! We should reconnect when COVID allows us to gather again. :)
We are planning a trip this Sep to visit Alameda. Getting a feel if the place is for us.. thanks for this video.
So glad to be able to help! Love Alemeda it's a great area. There are a lot of neighboring cities that are great too! Good luck and happy to help if you have more Qs! :) You definitely can't beat the weather here!
What a beautiful area!
Thank you! I do love my area, Northern CA is great! :)
Oakland and Berkeley best places to live? 😳 with high crime rate I’d say worst place. Specially Oakland. I wouldn’t even park my car in Oakland.
Not all places are bad in those areas and ya they are definitely high demand areas. As a CA native I agree growing up I was taught that I should never go to Oakland but you would be surprised with the gentrification, there are some really cool spots there! :) If you want more safe areas I definitely recommend Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Danville, Alamo or Pleasant Hill! Happy to chat more to go more in depth or watch a few videos I did on those specific areas, they are awesome!
West side of San Leandro is also a good option, lower cost than Alameda but much less crime like Oakland. Remember buy older home, big lots and never paying commies fee HOA.
Always people that don’t even live there to judge where do you live sir or ma’am
@@jenniferbrown8568 I live in Bay Area. How do you judge of person lives or doesn’t live without even knowing a person?
West San Leandro near the edge of the park
Hayward is a very underrated city in the east bay and is def up and coming
Lots of great info thanks for sharing. Which cities would you suggest for career driven couples in tech?(plan to be childless so school's are not top priority)
Silicon Valley. I have a great agent that can help I find a place if u need a referral. Also Sf is good but tech is all down in Silicon Valley (San Jose, Los Gatos, Menlo Park) SUPER expensive but where it’s at. SF would be after that.👍 happy to chat more if u need help or have q’s!
If you want more affordable and can commute 1-2 times a week vs 5 days a week, Walnut Creek is a GREAT option!
For me, I would add some places up in Marin County as well for nature lovers - Mill Valley, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Paradise Cay if you are lucky. A lot of nice cottagey and new homes with something special, serene communities, and still very close to San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and Sonoma.
I know I should have, there are so many awesome spots it's so hard to list them all! I do LOVE Mill Valley and Stinson Beach sooo pretty!! :)
Homogenous mostly white suburban Yuppie affluent snobs.
Hermosa ciudad Alameda con ferry de tour por el agua divina ...
Yes it is a great city!
Benicia, Fremont, Santa Clara
Thanks for the video. Question: Which do you prefer, San Ramon or Danville?
By the way, at 4:08 timestamp, the video is a view of 101 in L.A. and not Lafayette.
TY! Both are great cities but if I had unlimited $ definitely would choose danville. In my opinion I think the downtown is better and schools in danville.😃
I noticed that as well. Having resided in LA for 53 years, I said to myself, that's the San Fernando Valley!! I think the idea was to just show heavy traffic. Thanks for the video and information.
when she said oakland I was like ¨hold up, is this a setup?¨
LOL
I would add places to live with a direct line of sight toward San Francisco or the bay as well since that's when you know you are fully immersed in the topography, haha. Recently looked into purchasing a home to raise new family in Tiburon, but also found beautifully designed homes with a similar vantage point toward the waters inland in Corte Madera. Both gorgeous places! Also, do you know about the condo developments happening on Yerba Buena Island? Is it an ongoing project where they're trying to fill up the island with high-rise housing or is there a space where they designated to building single family homes ground-up there? It's one of the places I researched a little, but ended up forgetting since resources there were kind of slim.
Great feedback! I am going to add more citied around the SF/Bay Area and highlight them for this specific reason. I am not in SF but know of the YB Island developments. If you want I can connect you with an great SF agent who will know more, just LMK!
@@RelocatingToTheSFBayArea That would be great! Been primarily looking around Marin County before the end of the year and would love to know more about YB.
@@porscheasonata3534 Sounds good, are you looking to buy or rent? Shoot me an email, RachelCapil@kw.com. I have an email into my friend that is an agent in SF, she is amazing.
Any recommendations on safe and trendy areas for young professionals working in Union City?
That is a tough one. Try these? www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Fun+Things+To+Do&find_loc=Union+City%2C+CA+94587 or may need to hit Hayward area...
Moving to the Bay Area and most of these videos seem to focus on East Bay? Got a new job offer in Sonoma where I'm thinking this will be the one, but I don't want to live directly in Sonoma. Considering getting a home in Petaluma, Napa, or the outskirts east of Santa Rosa where I can put my family, but not sure of any surprise or hidden costs and amenities associated yet (like any city and public work taxes, grocery store distance where I can use my saver cards, schools). I do want to eventually be able to move into a nicer and more beautiful home closer to the Bay when I'm around retirement age so I can pass it down to my kids. Are there any neighborhoods that are super unique and stylish in architecture around North Bay that you know of?
Yes, I work primarily in the East Bay and am working on getting more videos up of the entire Bay Area, as you know it is a REALLY big area. The area you are talking about is in the North Bay Area. I have an amazing person I work with in that area that can talk more in depth about it. Petaluma, Napa, Santa Rosa are all great areas and actually a bit more affordable than the East Bay and SF Bay Area. I am happy to chat more to see how I can help and connect you to my associate that works primarily in that area, just LMK! I know she would be happy to chat more and educate you on the areas you are looking at! :) Just shoot me an email with your info and I can give you a call: rachelcapilre@gmail.com.
All your choices are east bay. Oakland? Spots of it perhaps, other spots will get you shot. To be fair, you said it was your personal favorites list. Mine’s different. Further south, where the weather’s better, and the tax base includes more high-tech. Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Los Altos.
Yep it's MY favorites list for sure, primarily it's because of cost, location safety factors and school. There are many great places but many can't afford silicon valley. I personally would love to own a place in Los Altos Hills, Woodside and Palo Alto area but not the best commute for the masses and price point is only for a select few.
1:28 That picture of Oakland my apartment is to the right off Grand Ave. Beautiful place, much nicer than SF
too funny! ;)
What about San Mateo?
Is that vallejo is good ...I really wanted to move new york to vallejo
Vallejo is good but schools are not as good there than in the east Bay Area. It all depends on what is important to you. I am happy to chat on the phone to answer Qs! Just LMK! :)
Nah come to american canyon
Oakland???...Seriously???...Why not any Peninsula cities???..Coastal Cities are nice too.
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Oakland is quite a large city and not homogeneous. Living near Lake Merritt is going to be very different to living in the hills.
@@sarahanma6692 is this my view? Is what my view? My view is exactly what I wrote.
Marin is the best place to “live”. It may be expensive but, no urban sprawl. No Bart is actually an advantage, no “bill boards” ordinance.
My Tam, the lakes, the beach, the bay, gateway to the Wine Country and the Russian River access to Bodega Bay and beyond. Low crime. Beautiful views, bike paths, The Ferry to SF. Headlands. Close to SF.
Yes a great spot in the bat for sure !
That's right. Plus, a lot of the homes there have views into the bay and are custom-made by architects rather than cookie-cutter developed by a construction-contractor company which is almost always worth the premium. In my honesty, splurging for a house with a nice view is a good reason if the plan is to settle there and raise kiddos. As a home entertainer, it's worth it to be the bigger person and host Christmas holidays, Thanksgiving, just about any celebration with a scenic backdrop while having the flexibility to eat and cook outside.
I heard you say that Lafayette is more affordable than Berkeley, Alameda, and Oakland... I'm not sure that's true. It might have a similar price point to parts of Berkeley but from what I've seen, it's more expensive than most of Oakland and Alameda. Also as a side note, the haters on Oakland must've never been to the nicer parts of the city. To me, in 2022, there are nearly as many good areas as there are bad areas of Oakland.
All the desirable areas of Oakland and Berkeley are more expensive than Lafayette. Of course the places where people don’t want to live like off / near Fruitvale and MacArthur are more affordable but in general you will find better deals in Lafayette with more sqft and better schools in Lafayette. Both Berkeley and Oakland have great parts but way more homeless. Lafayette has hardly any homeless.
Interesting! Oakland and Alameda would be the last places I would look for me personally. I do agree with Berkeley though. I've been in the agricultural industry for a long time so my top picks would be biased toward the AVAs. My personal favorites are:
(1) Healdsburg, the one I am hoping to save up for a move to start my own micro-winery and orchard, very close to Geyserville's finest wineries, Russian River, Lake Sonoma, and River Rock Casino, still a 10-minute drive away from typical town life.
(2) Dillon Beach, secluded, quiet and private beachfront and Pacific view, little to no tourists, can build your own home or choose to buy one handcrafted from scratch by local architects. Great for ATVing around the hills and roads.
(3) American Canyon, relatively affordable suburban area in the Bay while still living close to Napa and the East Bay. Also where a bunch of logistics warehouses sit so very close to my average blue-collar social circle if not people I meet in the winery biz.
(4) Discovery Bay, perfect place for boating and kayaking footsteps away and super close to both Antioch and Stockton, respectable city life locations. New homes being built in the area closing in on Brentwood as well so first-time buyer ready.
(5) Boulder Creek, nature at its essence. Surprisingly affordable compared to the rest of the region. Close to Santa Cruz and less than an hour away from Silicon Valley. Quiet and secluded with trees that aged beautifully.
All great places and I know it is so specific to each person and what they do for a living. There are so many awesome places in CA which is why it's so desirable! Thanks so much for commenting, I love your list!! :)
Oakland and Alemada - why?
@@oliversissonphone6143 Both too congested to search or build a home that fits my preferences. I enjoy being surrounded by nature, and love a calmer lifestyle out of the hubbub. - I did end up buying land for new construction in Saint Helena and love what my architects are designing.
Oakland is crime ridden and very dirty. Berkeley is good for those who like far left politics. Both of those cities have poor public schools and are filled with crime, homelessness and drugs which come with the progressive values. I agree with Walnut Creek and Lafayette on the list.
Is Livermore a good place to live
Yes it is! Lmk if you have more q’s.😊
Omg buying no house in SF, it is really expensive to live if you move there!
Yes SF is expensive but the outskirts of the city like where I live in Pleasant Hill are still affordable! :)
Im from salinas ca, but whenever someone asks me where im from I just say, that im from the bay area cuzz its more known and so they wont ask me more questions. I got tired of explaining where salinas is located lmaooo
Saira Ramosi get it lol! It’s close enough 😉
Poserrrrr 🤣
Great concept on this video. Politics would be an interesting spin on this one...if you could navigate that can of worms.
Thanks SM! Yikes I stay away from Politics, LOL too many opinions there. ;)
Not a single city in the list from silicone valley? Neither from Santa Barbara nor in San Mateo....
Even San Jose is not in this list?? Surprise
Oakland??? Really?? Come on!
Misleading title, should be "Best places to live in East Bay"
And Oakland shouldnt be ahead of Alameda or on the list altogether. Just saying 😅
I’m glad you did not say Fremont CA because too homophobic here. Currently living here now w/ family.
Aww that is unfortunate, you would think everywhere in the Bay Area would be accepting and open to all. I'm sorry about that!
Lafayette is more affordable than Berkeley, Alameda or Oakland? Seriously?
yep research it.
I recommend Burlingame or if you are rich Hillsborough.
brazapride totally great places but pricey for sure!!🤪
Atheron if you are super rich
@@juliusreed5273 if you are not rich san mateo, millbrae and san bruno
I would pick San Leandro over Oakland and Walnut Creek and even Berkeley 🙈🙈🙈
Noooo way. SL is so dead
Unfortunately everywhere, there’d be drug dealing activities and driving to The Castro can cost gas but at least I can just drive there.
Ya I know SF has changed a lot it's so sad. It used to be an amazing place that was so fun an beautiful. Still is but so much homelessness such a bummer. :/
@@RelocatingToTheSFBayArea I have to agree. 👍
? How is oakland , Berkeley in any top 5, unless you're taking about crime....
😂
Oakland?? 😅
🤣
Seems biased towards east bay
Yep it is I grew up in the east bay and it’s my own opinion. Plus the east bay is more affordable than SF and surrounding areas that’s why people like it!
Oakland is kinda dangerous.
Yep in certain areas it is 💯🤣
I love how nobody mentions albany
Albany is a great spot but just not a huge city like the others. Gotta keep it a secret and the rents down! ;)
I'm the one the Bay Area plotted on to be the enemy.
She actually listed the 5 WORST.
LOL what are your top places to live???
Oakland has a very high violent crime and murder rate. There’s at least one or more shootings per day. The schools in Oakland are some of the worst in the country. Oakland has one of the biggest homeless encampments in the US. Violent crimes mugging and robberies are at an all time high. Move to Oakland d and you WILL become a from statistic.
Yep all true, not all of Oakland is like that and people still love it!
Where do you recommend?
East bay is not a great place to live. Marin or the peninsula is way better.
All over hyped and over priced. Be prepared to hear gun shots, muggers and lots and lots of homeless encampments.
Who in gods name would wanna live in the Bay Area lmao
LMAO ONLY 7.753 million PEOPLE! 😂😂😂
Those with money, and good jobs. And no, SF is not all drug addicts and poop on the streets...... Bay Area native here, as far as I’m concerned, I hit the jackpot!
@@toddpearson3849 Amen! Especially if you own property here. One thing I can say with confirmation is that people will forever flock to CA to live! I agree we are blessed to be here Todd! 😀
I knew I’d find at least one comment in this video that brings this up. Whether ya like it or not, some people still are moving here!
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This is the worst video for information about the Bay Area! Oakland is #2? Lolz! And majority of the Bay Area folks do not work in SF! There are more jobs in South Bay compared to SF. So why are you making it seem like commuting to SF matters?
Lol because it matters to those people that do commute to SF. U act like no one works there?! To me that would be the worst video comment I’ve had!😂. Remember u are not the only person in the world with an opinion.