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North Bay - Most Remote and Rural SF - Best pros, worst cons Peninsula - Nice but very expensive South Bay - Urban LA with worse weather/ beauty & better jobs East Bay - Microcosm of the bay, a little bit of everything It's an awesome area with something for everyone and lots of variability compared to most US metro areas.
North Bay: White tech bros, snobby wealthy leftist and hardcore environmentalists. SF: Tech bros mashed with homeless Peninsula: Tech bros mashed with other tech bros South Bay: Tech bros, tech bros, tech bros, and more tech bros. East Bay: Normal humans with regular jobs of all races.
I thought it was SF tech bros and homeless, peninsula, tech families and CEOs. Southbay., wannabe gangsters and jr tech bros and East Bay, all the criminals that rob stores in SF and blue-collar people that build landscape all the houses on the peninsula.
I'm a flight attendant, and last month I had 3 consecutive long San Jose layovers. As someone who loves SF but had never been to Silicon Valley, I was surprised to find it was quite warm/sunny because I assumed the entire Bay Area was lukewarm and foggy like San Francisco has been every time I've visited. It was like 85°.
Yeah When I would vacation out there I'd stay in the City and take the Peninsula Train down to San Jose for a Day trip I'd dress in layers cause San Francisco was usually cold and foggy 🌁 in the mornings but usually by the time we got down to Redwood City the fog would break off and it would be a nice sunny ☀️ day in San Jose! San Jose's got a lot of nice stuff too! And getting around is fairly easy what with the VTA buses and Light Rail!
I live in the South Bay and used to live in San Jose. That’s typical. The South Bay always gets warmer and sunnier than SF in the summer months because it’s more inland. The Bay Area has microclimates. Heck, the entire state has microclimates. SF usually will get in the mid to high 60s in the summer along with fog. San Jose usually gets in the low 80s in the summer months as well as being sunny. If you go to the most inland parts of the Bay Area like Antioch, it will be as hot as the South East in the summer months with the exception of less humidity and getting cooler at night. That city would get a lot of days in the 90s in a year and some days in the triple digits. Here’s another example of the microclimates. Take for instance, Southern California. San Diego will get in the 70s in the summer. If you drive 2 hours east of the city, you will enter into a desert where it gets as hot as Phoenix.
Strangely enough, SF is not even the coolest part of the Bay Area or even the most overcast. The coolest part of the Bay Area is Half Moon Bay which is south of SF. It gets more overcast there too. I’ll be lucky if I went there on a clear day. There’s a higher chance of a clear day in SF than in Half Moon Bay. Point Reyes also gets very overcast. That place is super foggy, even more than SF. SF is nicknamed Fog City, but Point Reyes is the actual foggiest place in California. It’s actually the foggiest place in the U.S. and the second foggiest place in North America just behind Grand Banks which is in Canada. It’s also the windiest place on the Pacific Coast. Point Reyes is the actual Fog City for me.
But they constantly stay the same. San Francisco and Marin are always cold and foggy. The Eastern reaches are always hot and sunny, or rainy. You don't have 5 min flash floods or hailstorms out of nowhere. You don't even get real temp rises and drops much either.
Here’s what I’ve learned about “the bay area” if you live in San Francisco, you say you live in San Francisco, if you live on the peninsula or Silicon Valley you just say you live in the city you live in(Palo Alto, Burlingame, Atherton) . If you live somewhere undesirable, then you say you live in the “bay area.” ;)
I have lived in the East Bay for the vast majority of my life. I always say Bay Area/East Bay depending on who I am speaking with. I didn't know I lived in an undesirable area. 😐
@@kevinblatter2369I'll be coming at CSU East Bay as a graduate student in the US this fall. Would love grab a cup of coffee with you someday Kevin :-)
Not true for Berkeley, or Orinda or Moraga, or Marin and some of the sans like San Rafael. It also depends who you’re talking to. If they’re from the area then you can’t just say Bay Area that would be ridiculous. But I get what you’re saying.
As a child, I grew up living in Pacifica. Very close to the ocean, Montana mountain viewed from my bedroom window, plenty of great places to explore for kids too. We lived on Manzanita Drive, and I could walk to school back then. My parents paid about $22,000 for our house back in 1961. Lord knows what is would sell for today. We didn’t have or need an air conditioner, and every day at 5:00pm, the fog would roll in and cool it down. Great memories in Pacifica. But I’m in Texas now and I am here to stay.
Grew up there as a child in the 60’s. Linda Mar was all new . I thought all the kids in the world rode their bikes to the beach. Last time I looked the house was 1.75 mil.
I don’t think he really did justice to the microclimates. It’s not just the difference between 70 miles of San Francisco and Lafayette. Down the peninsula and have different climates in different areas, even one town away. Daly city feels like Seattle while 3 miles away in South SF. It will feel like Los Angeles. Burlingame is usually cool and breezy , just a few miles down in Redwood City it’s always blazing hot.
Hayward is very underrated! It gets a bad rap because of supposed crime (KTVU news really likes to pick on them constantly), but it’s convenient and affordable, with great weather (warmer than peninsula, not as hot as inland east bay or south bay). I predict it will be the next hot market!
@@Eric_In_SF that sucks player. I lived in Pacifica and Redwood City in 90s and you couldn’t pay me to move back. I saw it going a bad way and got out. Godspeed.
I visited San Jose and SF for the first time a few weeks ago, and I loved it. I’m a lifelong Miami native, but the large influx of people coming here have me thinking about relocating, sadly. Miami is not what it used to. Lots of changes, and I find myself unhappy. I think the Bay Area would be an ideal place. A lot of people talk negatively about Cali, in general, but I loved San Jose. I’ll give Miami a few more years and then I’ll consider going to the Bay. Thanks for the insight.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I love living in the Bay Area and a lot of the people who talk negatively about California don’t even live here. Of course there are downsides, but overall the Bay Area has a lot to offer.
@@cnxghost Not at all 😂 We’re talking Miami-Dade County, which is growing at a crazy rate. The Bay Area altogether is more populated than the South Florida tri-county area (Dade, Broward, Palm Beach) but South Florida is overrated. Looking at facts, a few years ago San Jose was more than a million, right now they’re somewhere in the 900K range. I don’t know how quickly San Jose’ population is decreasing, but Miami is doing the complete opposite. And for any apartment or house that goes up for sale or rent, that spot gets filled quickly!! I’m a lifelong native here, and to be honest (and I know this sounds backwards) but the only places in Miami that I like are the hoods. I stay away from the overpriced, overcrowded façade of South Beach or Brickell. Lol. 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
@@cnxghost I never took it as attacking. Lol. We’re just stating facts. Haha. Also my opinion, because quite frankly Miami is full of sh**heads hahaha. I know the Bay Area altogether is pricey, but I’d probably move from Miami (at least for now) 😂
Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Bodega Bay are part of Sonoma County as well, and therefore included in the Bay Area. They were omitted from your diagram. Santa Rosa is actually the biggest city in Sonoma County FYI. The Boundaries are defined by County lines. East Bay includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties for example.
@@DanielVazquezWife and I retired in 09 making 200K. 2500 SF houses Union City in East Bay around were pushing 1 Mil. Now around 2 Mil. First house we bought in 80 was 100 K - now about 850.
What are you saying? San Jose is not all suburban-y. It has a clear, well-defined downtown AND a sprawling suburban area. Obviously a much smaller downtown than SF but it has a clear downtown living with cafes, clubs, restaurants and decent walkability if you want to experience that.
Marin voted to not have BART extend there. This would've championed SF and brought it up closer to NY in terms of transit. But even still we don't have 24/7 bart transit. ITs sooo backwards thinking. But i reckon affluent neighborhoods don't want the extra traffic. They want to control.
I've always thought of the Divisidero between the South Bay and the Peninsula as the Santa Clara/San Mateo County line If I'm going up 280 I feel like I'm getting towards the Peninsula when I get to Page Mill Road and Magdalena Avenue
Lol, ok, fine, that is accurate. I'd say that the NIMBYs are a hair crazier in Marin and there's a lot more millionaires and billionaires in Marin than in Berkeley. But overall, that's a spot-on description.
Marin has always struck me as having the widest gulf between how they market themselves (“OMG I’m so progressive!”) and how they act (“ your surname ends with a vowel… GTFO or I’m calling the cops!!)
Richmond is great. I moved here from Berkeley a few years ago, and while it's a bit warmer in temp, it is also a lot more chill in vibe and more importantly the city management isn't forced to cater to the every whim of UCB. THe downtown of my childhood has been ruined, and for what? Poor road planning that makes the traffic on shattuck ave so much worse than it ever was before. It's actually just bad, and whoever designed it needs to lose their architectural degree and learn practical urban planning.
Microclimates, microclimates, microclimates! Such a key point 😂 And make no mistake, that tip of the peninsula on the map is actually HUGE, and bustling for those who've never been. I had to learn these things when I visited 👍
I was looking to buy in that valley for new construction before eventually settling in wine country (was applying for agricultural region careers). That area is beautiful beyond words!
Yes, if I were to make the video again, I would include those areas in North Bay and stay consistent with county lines. After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities (Dixon, Calistoga, etc.) wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County based on a map I found.
@@livinginthesfbayarea Lived in the Sunset and Lake Merced for 4 years. Travelled around the city and the Bay daily for work. Carrying half my wardrobe around to combat changing weather got tiresome.
The Bay Area is pretty big. San Francisco itself has many different cultures. For example, San Franciscans from the Mission are different than the people who live in the Excelsior, Haight-Ashbury, the Marina, Pacific Heights, North Beach, Nob Hill, Tenderloin, Visitacion Valley and so on. Each and every neighborhood have its own character. Each city in the Bay Area also has its own culture. What I find strange is that many Bay Areans claim to be progressive or liberal but they are still stuck in their own little bubble. Violent sideshows and hyphy movement, unfortunately, are parts of Bay Area culture. There is progressive mindset is very dogmatic and a backward mindset where ghetto ratchet culture is being tolerated. It's just weird and oxymoron. 😬
Public transit is pretty good? You sure? I've taken Bart everyday for 12+ years and it's not good compared to other cities / countries. You can get robbed on the train itself not to mention car break-in in station parking lots. Public transit in the Bay Area is not good at all
I’ve never heard public transportation in the Bay Area described as good. It’s ok enough but compared to many European and Asian cities and even NYC, Bay Area public transportation really is not up to standard of one of the wealthiest regions of the world.
Spent my entire life in San Jose. The character has changed a lot, not really for the better. Bless your soul trying to paint the Bay Area as nothing but good. The long timers who know what to look for know it’s best days are behind it.
Walnut Creek and Clayton are by far the best spots. Live there after you’ve had your fun living in SF. Or stay in SF and live in Noe Valley, Glen Park or Inner Sunset.
I am from the Bay Area, live in San Francisco if you want to hang out with homeless. Live in Oakland and the East Bay if you want to get robbed. Live in the North and South bay if you like to drive and live on the Peninsula if you are rich.
@@livinginthesfbayarea All of Sonoma County (including Santa Rosa) are politically part of the Bay Area regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Furthermore, Sonoma County is included as part of Caltrans District 4.
Nice, Thank you, a really good tool to show visitors to the area. Well done. The only part I find missing is the inclusion of Rohnert Park to Healdsburg, or at least Santa Rosa. Sonoma Valley is generally considered part of the North Bay, especially by its residents. If Calistoga in Napa or Dixon are deemed part of the North Bay, then omitting most of Sonoma County is inaccurate. If Napa and Solano counties are included in the North Bay, then most of Sonoma County should certainly be included as well. Thanks.
Thanks for watching. Yes, if I were to make the video again, I would include those areas in North Bay and stay consistent with county lines. After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities (Dixon, Calistoga, etc.) wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County.
After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County.
Solano County (including Fairfield, Vacaville, and Dixon) are politically part of the Bay Area regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Furthermore, Solano County is included as part of Caltrans District 4. Hydrologically The dividing line of the Bay Area with the central valley is the Vaca Mountains between Fairfield and Vacaville. I know people who live in Vacaville and Fairfield that commute to the east bay for work.
Did you know West Berkeley breaks 80F maybe 10 days out of the year, and only drops below 50F for a few months? In 5 years a bay area home will typically appreciate enough in value that you could buy a Texas home outright.
Try hiking if you can't bike! I have been hiking the north bay trails for ten years, and the trails that prohibit bikes do it for a good reason, it just isn't safe with the volume of bikers and hikers using the trail. The great news is that the trails in the north bayuh are world-class and very numerous. Buy a map.
'Oakland is cheaper than SF?' lol ..umm Rockridge, Piedmont, Montclair, oakland hills...? ..most of all..what about Blackhawk? lol all those places I don't think someone making 100k-150k/yr can afford lmao
I live here and would leave in a moment if I could. It's expensive, it's dirty (smells of fecal matter and urine are common), it's noisy, the locals are 90% insane, and walking the streets in some areas is highly dangerous. if you want to live in the better areas be ready to shell out millions. Ya, millions. The weather is awesome, and the natural beauty of the land is amazing but it is the locals who live here that are the main issue. They are the ones with their ultra-leftist agendas that have turned the Bay area as a whole into a garbage can. I have no agenda in letting you know what the Bay is really like now. I just don't want someone using their hard-earned money to move here with false expectations. So, if you are thinking of moving to anywhere near or in SF, Oakland, Hatward, or Berkeley, be warned.
925 is not the bay and most 510 natives/long time locals (25 years or more) have that view. Because it's geographically not. That's why new people are so shocked when it can be 100 in concord and then 74 in Richmond at the same time on the same day. Y'all been fooled by the government definition of the bay. Same with Santa Rosa, not the bay. In general if the city is not touching san francisco bay it's literally not the bay. That's just reality.
This video lacks honest commentary. Public transportation, especially Bart and Caltrain is slow and dirty. San Francisco is a crime ridden cess pool of a city from which several major retail stores have fled. Same can be said of Oakland which even made In-n-Out leave because of al the crime.
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It's an awesome area with something for everyone and lots of variability compared to most US metro areas.
peninsula is great if you make 800k a year and are here on an h1 visa, other than that no one can afford it.
east bay is honestly trash, why would anybody wanna live there?
What's the benefit of h1 visa?@@owenflaherty9207
Ur south bay comparison is ass its nothing like LA tbh
@@ZaneNahas Yup, Youve never been to the bay. End of argument
You nailed it with the weather explanation. 3 totally diff climates between Oakland, SF east and SF west.
thank you!
We are looking to move to the bay. I love rain, are there any areas that receive more rain?
North Bay: White tech bros, snobby wealthy leftist and hardcore environmentalists.
SF: Tech bros mashed with homeless
Peninsula: Tech bros mashed with other tech bros
South Bay: Tech bros, tech bros, tech bros, and more tech bros.
East Bay: Normal humans with regular jobs of all races.
I thought it was SF tech bros and homeless, peninsula, tech families and CEOs. Southbay., wannabe gangsters and jr tech bros and East Bay, all the criminals that rob stores in SF and blue-collar people that build landscape all the houses on the peninsula.
East Bay Gun country.
I'm a flight attendant, and last month I had 3 consecutive long San Jose layovers. As someone who loves SF but had never been to Silicon Valley, I was surprised to find it was quite warm/sunny because I assumed the entire Bay Area was lukewarm and foggy like San Francisco has been every time I've visited. It was like 85°.
Yeah When I would vacation out there I'd stay in the City and take the Peninsula Train down to San Jose for a Day trip I'd dress in layers cause San Francisco was usually cold and foggy 🌁 in the mornings but usually by the time we got down to Redwood City the fog would break off and it would be a nice sunny ☀️ day in San Jose! San Jose's got a lot of nice stuff too! And getting around is fairly easy what with the VTA buses and Light Rail!
I live in the South Bay and used to live in San Jose. That’s typical. The South Bay always gets warmer and sunnier than SF in the summer months because it’s more inland. The Bay Area has microclimates. Heck, the entire state has microclimates. SF usually will get in the mid to high 60s in the summer along with fog. San Jose usually gets in the low 80s in the summer months as well as being sunny. If you go to the most inland parts of the Bay Area like Antioch, it will be as hot as the South East in the summer months with the exception of less humidity and getting cooler at night. That city would get a lot of days in the 90s in a year and some days in the triple digits. Here’s another example of the microclimates. Take for instance, Southern California. San Diego will get in the 70s in the summer. If you drive 2 hours east of the city, you will enter into a desert where it gets as hot as Phoenix.
Strangely enough, SF is not even the coolest part of the Bay Area or even the most overcast. The coolest part of the Bay Area is Half Moon Bay which is south of SF. It gets more overcast there too. I’ll be lucky if I went there on a clear day. There’s a higher chance of a clear day in SF than in Half Moon Bay. Point Reyes also gets very overcast. That place is super foggy, even more than SF. SF is nicknamed Fog City, but Point Reyes is the actual foggiest place in California. It’s actually the foggiest place in the U.S. and the second foggiest place in North America just behind Grand Banks which is in Canada. It’s also the windiest place on the Pacific Coast. Point Reyes is the actual Fog City for me.
Yes, people are frequently surprised how quickly the weather changes over short distances!
good point about the weather - changes drastically in different parts of the bay
Yes, it was quite surprising when I first moved here!
But they constantly stay the same. San Francisco and Marin are always cold and foggy. The Eastern reaches are always hot and sunny, or rainy. You don't have 5 min flash floods or hailstorms out of nowhere. You don't even get real temp rises and drops much either.
Thanks for the terse vids Zach. I stumbled upon your posts via my grandma's TH-cam. KJ
Thank you for watching!
Yeah it’s freezing in the North, East and SF area. The South Bay gets super hot.
Though it may be just scratching the surface, it is THE most informative video of "The Bay" that a newbie can access. Thanks!
I’m glad to hear that and thanks for watching!
Here’s what I’ve learned about “the bay area” if you live in San Francisco, you say you live in San Francisco, if you live on the peninsula or Silicon Valley you just say you live in the city you live in(Palo Alto, Burlingame, Atherton) . If you live somewhere undesirable, then you say you live in the “bay area.” ;)
I live in San Mateo......😉
I have lived in the East Bay for the vast majority of my life. I always say Bay Area/East Bay depending on who I am speaking with. I didn't know I lived in an undesirable area. 😐
I live in Windsor. I loved wine too much!
@@kevinblatter2369I'll be coming at CSU East Bay as a graduate student in the US this fall. Would love grab a cup of coffee with you someday Kevin :-)
Not true for Berkeley, or Orinda or Moraga, or Marin and some of the sans like San Rafael. It also depends who you’re talking to. If they’re from the area then you can’t just say Bay Area that would be ridiculous. But I get what you’re saying.
I wish we had BART going to the north bay. I had to take the Golden Gate Transit bus when I went to college in Berkeley.
Jeez frost wind you look upset. You can let it go now
The smart people in the North Bay decided they don't want Bart to bring criminals to their neighborhoods
Not a chance! Take ferry if you want to
The mid peninsula is the best. From Burlingame to Palo Alto. Weather, crime rate, shopping, etc..
Most unaffordable too, go figure
@@samrusoff Supply and demand. Great location = high demand.
by far and it’s really not even close. honestly for the price though the north bay is great.
in terms of housing costs in "north bay", important to consider marin county vs solano county, for example. the former on average much more expensive
As a child, I grew up living in Pacifica. Very close to the ocean, Montana mountain viewed from my bedroom window, plenty of great places to explore for kids too. We lived on Manzanita Drive, and I could walk to school back then. My parents paid about $22,000 for our house back in 1961. Lord knows what is would sell for today. We didn’t have or need an air conditioner, and every day at 5:00pm, the fog would roll in and cool it down. Great memories in Pacifica. But I’m in Texas now and I am here to stay.
Pacifica is such a nice area! I love going biking/hiking there on the trails with ocean views. I bet it was a great place to grow up.
Are you THE Johnny Silverhand?
@@livinginthesfbayarea I love sitting on the cliffs on Pacifica.
Grew up there as a child in the 60’s.
Linda Mar was all new . I thought all the kids in the world rode their bikes to the beach.
Last time I looked the house was 1.75 mil.
I don’t think he really did justice to the microclimates. It’s not just the difference between 70 miles of San Francisco and Lafayette. Down the peninsula and have different climates in different areas, even one town away. Daly city feels like Seattle while 3 miles away in South SF. It will feel like Los Angeles.
Burlingame is usually cool and breezy , just a few miles down in Redwood City it’s always blazing hot.
Nice breakdown, Zach!
Thank you!
Thanks for teaching me about the Bay Area
Thanks for watching!
Hayward is very underrated! It gets a bad rap because of supposed crime (KTVU news really likes to pick on them constantly), but it’s convenient and affordable, with great weather (warmer than peninsula, not as hot as inland east bay or south bay).
I predict it will be the next hot market!
I agree it's underrated!
This video plus 1 million dollars will get you the ideal place to live!!
Sorry, a million dollars is a down payment around here
@@Eric_In_SF that sucks player. I lived in Pacifica and Redwood City in 90s and you couldn’t pay me to move back. I saw it going a bad way and got out. Godspeed.
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I grew up in Sunnyvale. Part of the city limits is literally the bay. It’s the peninsula, not South Bay. SHS, 1981.
I see you're a somewhat new channel and the content is incredible. you're going to be huge! 😃
Thank you, I appreciate that!
The south bay reminds me of LA.
San Jose is kinda similar to LA but without beautiful beaches. East San Jose is very boring. 😒
Yeah I have that thought too! I sometimes jokingly refer to it as 'LA North!'
I visited San Jose and SF for the first time a few weeks ago, and I loved it. I’m a lifelong Miami native, but the large influx of people coming here have me thinking about relocating, sadly. Miami is not what it used to. Lots of changes, and I find myself unhappy. I think the Bay Area would be an ideal place. A lot of people talk negatively about Cali, in general, but I loved San Jose. I’ll give Miami a few more years and then I’ll consider going to the Bay. Thanks for the insight.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I love living in the Bay Area and a lot of the people who talk negatively about California don’t even live here. Of course there are downsides, but overall the Bay Area has a lot to offer.
@@cnxghost Not at all 😂 We’re talking Miami-Dade County, which is growing at a crazy rate. The Bay Area altogether is more populated than the South Florida tri-county area (Dade, Broward, Palm Beach) but South Florida is overrated.
Looking at facts, a few years ago San Jose was more than a million, right now they’re somewhere in the 900K range. I don’t know how quickly San Jose’ population is decreasing, but Miami is doing the complete opposite. And for any apartment or house that goes up for sale or rent, that spot gets filled quickly!!
I’m a lifelong native here, and to be honest (and I know this sounds backwards) but the only places in Miami that I like are the hoods. I stay away from the overpriced, overcrowded façade of South Beach or Brickell. Lol.
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@@cnxghost I never took it as attacking. Lol. We’re just stating facts. Haha. Also my opinion, because quite frankly Miami is full of sh**heads hahaha. I know the Bay Area altogether is pricey, but I’d probably move from Miami (at least for now) 😂
Decent review but you didn't talk about cities like Vallejo, Albany, Martinez, Milpitas and so on.
Very accurate man. Thanks for the video. I’ve been living in San Jose for two years now and have been all over the Bay Area.
Thank you, I appreciate you watching!
Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Bodega Bay are part of Sonoma County as well, and therefore included in the Bay Area. They were omitted from your diagram. Santa Rosa is actually the biggest city in Sonoma County FYI. The Boundaries are defined by County lines. East Bay includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties for example.
Nobody ever mentions Newark/Union City 🏙️ and Fremont is never mentioned much!,Niles Canyon has the Charlie Chaplin Days Festival in August!
I've recently been talking with more and more people who are interested in Fremont.
Unaffordable even on a salary of over $90k
Unaffordable even making over 160k
@@DanielVazquezWife and I retired in 09 making 200K. 2500 SF houses Union City in East Bay around were pushing 1 Mil. Now around 2 Mil. First house we bought in 80 was 100 K - now about 850.
You must be absolutely careless with your money if 160k isn't working for you
What are you saying? San Jose is not all suburban-y. It has a clear, well-defined downtown AND a sprawling suburban area. Obviously a much smaller downtown than SF but it has a clear downtown living with cafes, clubs, restaurants and decent walkability if you want to experience that.
thanks for this video!! im a nurse from nc and looking to move to the bay area in the next couple of years :’)
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked it. Good luck with the move!
Great video, cheers from Argentina :) love the Bay Area, hope to live there one day
Thanks for watching!
Marin voted to not have BART extend there. This would've championed SF and brought it up closer to NY in terms of transit. But even still we don't have 24/7 bart transit. ITs sooo backwards thinking. But i reckon affluent neighborhoods don't want the extra traffic. They want to control.
thanks for the video! did not expect you to link your phone number and say to give you a call, it feels so homey
I grew up in La Honda, since 90% of people have no idea where that is, i just say either the "Bay Area" Or west of Redwood City
I've driven through La Honda going up towards Woodside!
Ive been there once getting to Blue House Farm for strawberry season, lol.
I've always thought of the Divisidero between the South Bay and the Peninsula as the Santa Clara/San Mateo County line If I'm going up 280 I feel like I'm getting towards the Peninsula when I get to Page Mill Road and Magdalena Avenue
Lifelong Peninsula resident. Fortunate I was here before the economic explosion in the 80s.
Santa Rosa and upper Sonoma county is part of north bay. Should’ve been included in the map.
Marin has the shallowness of LA with the pretentiousness of Berkeley 🤪
And the scenery of Western Oregon/Washington.
Lol im from there holy shit that’s accurate 😂
Lol, ok, fine, that is accurate. I'd say that the NIMBYs are a hair crazier in Marin and there's a lot more millionaires and billionaires in Marin than in Berkeley. But overall, that's a spot-on description.
Marin has always struck me as having the widest gulf between how they market themselves (“OMG I’m so progressive!”) and how they act (“ your surname ends with a vowel… GTFO or I’m calling the cops!!)
That's a shallow comment
West Contra Costa/North Alameda FTW
Access to all the Freeways.
15-30 Mins to the 415,707, and 925.
North bay goes up to Santa Rosa not Petaluma. After Santa Rosa, your next closest "big town" is Ukiah in Mendocino County.
Uh, good video- very interesting. I've been to Berkley but that was before SF is what it is now. Still cool. thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Richmond is great. I moved here from Berkeley a few years ago, and while it's a bit warmer in temp, it is also a lot more chill in vibe and more importantly the city management isn't forced to cater to the every whim of UCB. THe downtown of my childhood has been ruined, and for what? Poor road planning that makes the traffic on shattuck ave so much worse than it ever was before. It's actually just bad, and whoever designed it needs to lose their architectural degree and learn practical urban planning.
how does the north bay include all the way up napa county but not even santa rosa
Microclimates, microclimates, microclimates! Such a key point 😂
And make no mistake, that tip of the peninsula on the map is actually HUGE, and bustling for those who've never been. I had to learn these things when I visited 👍
Yes, even within SF there is quite a bit of variation. Layers are key!
,,,how is Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park not apart of the North Bay?
The sap center is sponsored by the company S.A.P. company, a German software company. This company is just called SAP…pronouncing just the letters.
I’ve been pronouncing it wrong for a while, thanks for letting me know!
Why didn’t you include Sonoma county? It’s one of the 9 BayArea counties.
Sonoma County is not part of the Bay Area?
Part of it is considered the Bay Area (it actually touches the bay), but not the whole thing.
@@livinginthesfbayareaSanta rosa basically is it’s the biggest city in the north bay
i'm not moving there (not even american) but i loved this video.
Thank you for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I am from Hayward but moved to Reno..
My sister moved to Felton north of Santa Cruz…..more rural feeling.
I was looking to buy in that valley for new construction before eventually settling in wine country (was applying for agricultural region careers). That area is beautiful beyond words!
I don't know where you got this map, but Santa Rosa is WAY more Bay Area than Dixon or Calistoga is.
Yes, if I were to make the video again, I would include those areas in North Bay and stay consistent with county lines. After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities (Dixon, Calistoga, etc.) wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County based on a map I found.
??? The North Bay consists of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Solano Counties. You forgot a big chunk of Sonoma County on your map.
You didn't even go over places like Vallejo?
Bay Area microclimates are very real. It may be the only place where wearing shorts with a hoodie makes sense.
Yes, dressing in layers is crucial here!
@@livinginthesfbayarea Lived in the Sunset and Lake Merced for 4 years. Travelled around the city and the Bay daily for work. Carrying half my wardrobe around to combat changing weather got tiresome.
The Bay Area is pretty big. San Francisco itself has many different cultures.
For example, San Franciscans from the Mission are different than the people who live in the Excelsior, Haight-Ashbury, the Marina, Pacific Heights, North Beach, Nob Hill, Tenderloin, Visitacion Valley and so on.
Each and every neighborhood have its own character. Each city in the Bay Area also has its own culture. What I find strange is that many Bay Areans claim to be progressive or liberal but they are still stuck in their own little bubble. Violent sideshows and hyphy movement, unfortunately, are parts of Bay Area culture. There is progressive mindset is very dogmatic and a backward mindset where ghetto ratchet culture is being tolerated. It's just weird and oxymoron. 😬
Public transit is pretty good? You sure? I've taken Bart everyday for 12+ years and it's not good compared to other cities / countries. You can get robbed on the train itself not to mention car break-in in station parking lots. Public transit in the Bay Area is not good at all
I’ve never heard public transportation in the Bay Area described as good. It’s ok enough but compared to many European and Asian cities and even NYC, Bay Area public transportation really is not up to standard of one of the wealthiest regions of the world.
East Alameda County is growing
Spent my entire life in San Jose. The character has changed a lot, not really for the better. Bless your soul trying to paint the Bay Area as nothing but good. The long timers who know what to look for know it’s best days are behind it.
How do you get this overlay on google maps?
I made it in google my maps. Send me an email if you want a link!
@@livinginthesfbayareaIt’s missing a lot of Sonoma County
Walnut Creek and Clayton are by far the best spots. Live there after you’ve had your fun living in SF. Or stay in SF and live in Noe Valley, Glen Park or Inner Sunset.
I just had clients move to Walnut Creek after living in SF for about a decade. They were hesitant to leave the city, but now love it there!
My niece lived in Noe Valley and she loved it.
@@3ofus135 Yes, Noe Valley is a great neighborhood!
I am from the Bay Area, live in San Francisco if you want to hang out with homeless. Live in Oakland and the East Bay if you want to get robbed. Live in the North and South bay if you like to drive and live on the Peninsula if you are rich.
Sorry sir, they’re having the same issues
What about North Berkeley?
@@TheJelloashNorth Berkeley is nice
Very simple and general statements, which are incorrect. There are good and shitty neighborhoods in each sub region.
Which homeless is more likely to harass me sexually? Do they smell gross? Smell is best part.
you left out santa rosa as part of north bay
Some maps included it, and others didn't. I was surprised how many conflicting maps and opinions there are around the borders of each subregion.
@@livinginthesfbayarea Bay area = 9 counties surrounding the bay
@@livinginthesfbayarea All of Sonoma County (including Santa Rosa) are politically part of the Bay Area regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Furthermore, Sonoma County is included as part of Caltrans District 4.
Ideally you don't, you live in a small casket in a cemetery.
Wait, you never told me where to live though 😅
"Still some trails you can ride a mountain bike on". LOL.
In my eyes, The Peninsula is the best part of the Bay Area.it's home to Silicon Valley.
Nice, Thank you, a really good tool to show visitors to the area. Well done. The only part I find missing is the inclusion of Rohnert Park to Healdsburg, or at least Santa Rosa. Sonoma Valley is generally considered part of the North Bay, especially by its residents. If Calistoga in Napa or Dixon are deemed part of the North Bay, then omitting most of Sonoma County is inaccurate. If Napa and Solano counties are included in the North Bay, then most of Sonoma County should certainly be included as well. Thanks.
Thanks for watching. Yes, if I were to make the video again, I would include those areas in North Bay and stay consistent with county lines. After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities (Dixon, Calistoga, etc.) wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County.
Fairfield, Vacaville, and Dixon are “North Bay”? 😂😂
After asking around, I found that the boundaries of each subregion are not agreed upon at all. Everyone has a different opinion. I agree that most people in those cities wouldn't consider it the North Bay. Also, I don't think people in Gilroy would say they live in the South Bay. Ultimately, I used the edges of the counties as the boundaries of each subregion, except I trimmed a bit off Sonoma County.
Solano County (including Fairfield, Vacaville, and Dixon) are politically part of the Bay Area regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Furthermore, Solano County is included as part of Caltrans District 4.
Hydrologically The dividing line of the Bay Area with the central valley is the Vaca Mountains between Fairfield and Vacaville. I know people who live in Vacaville and Fairfield that commute to the east bay for work.
North Bay as shown is too large in this video
San Francisco. The only city in the country with a Poop Map that's updated in real-time.
Companies are leaving California, Texas is so much better
Did you know West Berkeley breaks 80F maybe 10 days out of the year, and only drops below 50F for a few months? In 5 years a bay area home will typically appreciate enough in value that you could buy a Texas home outright.
By it Texas sucks.
Try hiking if you can't bike! I have been hiking the north bay trails for ten years, and the trails that prohibit bikes do it for a good reason, it just isn't safe with the volume of bikers and hikers using the trail. The great news is that the trails in the north bayuh are world-class and very numerous. Buy a map.
'Oakland is cheaper than SF?' lol ..umm Rockridge, Piedmont, Montclair, oakland hills...? ..most of all..what about Blackhawk? lol all those places I don't think someone making 100k-150k/yr can afford lmao
Oakland is indeed cheaper then san Francisco. Go look up renting charts for the bay area
@@M.2000-v2g kool beanz. now get a home at Blackhawk son.
Nice GIRLY hair!
I live here and would leave in a moment if I could. It's expensive, it's dirty (smells of fecal matter and urine are common), it's noisy, the locals are 90% insane, and walking the streets in some areas is highly dangerous. if you want to live in the better areas be ready to shell out millions. Ya, millions. The weather is awesome, and the natural beauty of the land is amazing but it is the locals who live here that are the main issue. They are the ones with their ultra-leftist agendas that have turned the Bay area as a whole into a garbage can. I have no agenda in letting you know what the Bay is really like now. I just don't want someone using their hard-earned money to move here with false expectations. So, if you are thinking of moving to anywhere near or in SF, Oakland, Hatward, or Berkeley, be warned.
Anything south of daly city is unacceptable. Nuff said
I would never live in California..
im poor
925 is not the bay and most 510 natives/long time locals (25 years or more) have that view. Because it's geographically not. That's why new people are so shocked when it can be 100 in concord and then 74 in Richmond at the same time on the same day. Y'all been fooled by the government definition of the bay.
Same with Santa Rosa, not the bay.
In general if the city is not touching san francisco bay it's literally not the bay. That's just reality.
Don't live here if you want to stay poor.
SF and east bay for homeless ppl and robberies, north bay for old ppl, peninsula and south bay for good food, nice neighborhoods, and tech bros.
Actually far east bay is nice too
please stay in your hometown
NOT in SF Too much poop.
Answer is don't
You have the face of a cult leader
This video lacks honest commentary. Public transportation, especially Bart and Caltrain is slow and dirty. San Francisco is a crime ridden cess pool of a city from which several
major retail stores have fled. Same can be said of Oakland which even made In-n-Out leave because of al the crime.
Where to live in the SF Bay Area: wherever Gavin Newsolini ISN'T the Governor.
HE MUST BE A LIBERAL NEVER TALKS ABOUT CESSPOOL AREAS AND A LOT OF THEM
Right. The entire Bay Area is liberal. Not an exaggeration 🤢 at least SoCal has some conservative areas (OC, North county SD, northern LA county, etc)
Or maybe just because that shit is talked about 24/7 and people already know that
thanks for the video! did not expect you to link your phone number and say to give you a call, it feels so homey
Thanks for watching!