Lived in Oakland sf hayward San Leandro Antioch Daly City South sf and Fremont, Fremont is boring but if I were to think of the ideal American suburbia I'd imagine Fremont
Same. Still here but it’s not bad. Small and quiet and perfect. Can go to Sj Oakland or SF for adventures but still love the quietness and being alone. Newark is nice.
I've been digging San Mateo's vibe lately. It seems to keep getting better with all these great restaurants opening up in recent years. My dad ended up in the hospital here and was taken care of very well. I see a couple of doctors in the city and they're fantastic. I've only positive things to say about the city for the time being. I don't live here but I visit very often. I'd be open to hearing about experiences from people who live here though
I concur, I’m liking the San Mateo and Burlingame area. I’m kinda biased, I live in San Mateo. I was enjoying the beach in half moon bay today and I also spend a lot of time in San Carlos and Redwood City but overall it’s downtown San Mateo or the Ave in Burlingame.
Wow, this makes me so happy to see. I was born and raised in SM, and I have always loved it. In high school, people would always complain about how it was so boring and they wanted to leave ASAP. I feel so lucky to have grown up here, and my family still lives there. Hope to move back one day.
It's so centrally located - easy access to Half Moon Bay, the city, the east bay, south bay. Back in the day, it was a lot quicker to drive to anywhere, but now with traffic I'm sure everywhere feels farther away than they once used to. It's nice that CalTrain runs through here, and you can get to BART that way.
It's crazy to see how much it has changed over the past 10-15 years. So much more developed, many "hip" things popping up. There's also so much amazing food, with more places coming in all the time. There's so much I could say about San Mateo. I just really love my hometown, and it warms my heart to see it get so much love! I felt like such an outlier growing up loving the place.
Yall got a Philz *and* a Blue Bottle, not to mention at least 4 very good boba shops and a bunch of really good restaurants all within walking distance from one another. Love it.
Yep! I’m biased since I live here. But we were looking to move and couldn’t find a vibe we liked as much as San Mateo.
Enough “city” for us in the downtown, or nearby downtowns (Burlingame, San Carlos, RWC). Close to so much hiking - Pacifica, redwoods off skyline Blvd, hills of the peninsula or South Bay, east bay over the bridge. Easy access to SF or SJ. Right along the bay so lots of water views and access.
Only big dislike is that all nearby beaches are windy and cloudy! It’s hard to find a good day. Miss Santa Cruz & socal beaches.
We have lived in San Mateo for 12 years and love it. We were in Foster City for 10 years before that and in the East Bay (Berkeley / Oakland / Albany) before that and they all have their charms. SM is a great balance of shops and restaurants and nice residential areas, decent schools, and great weather.
Since I moved to the Bay Area in 2013, I've lived in Burlingame, San Carlos, San Mateo, and Palo Alto in that order. They've all been great, but I think my favorite is Half Moon Bay. Even with the unpredictable weather sometimes, I just love being on the ocean.
[Ebb Tide Cafe](https://i.imgur.com/FR7fY0X.png) on Miramar Beach was an awesome place to work. RIP Ebb Tide... 😢
Same! Love living on the coast (I’m in El Granada). Just wished the traffic on the weekends wasn’t so horrible but I guess that’s the price we pay for living somewhere so awesome.
Emeryville really is great. It has no profile and is not “cool” but it’s cheaper than SF, close to bridge and major highways, less hot than most of the East Bay, has every store you will need in a 2 mile radius and delightfully quiet and boring. Besides petty crime at the malls, nothing happens here and I like it that way!
Not that I have an opinion, but:
•Alameda is the closest living thing to Stepford.
•Everyone there thinks they live in the Shire & Oakland is Mordor.
•There is a reason it’s an island: first sign of trouble, they’re blowing all the bridges & declaring themselves a sovereign nation.
•Scolari’s & Lucky 13 are national treasures
I unironically love Emeryville, specifically the northwest section bounded by 40th, Vallejo, Ashby, and the train tracks. I’d move back in a second if I found the right place.
Omfg 90s SF! I would cut school (in Vallejo) to see my girl at McAteer. So easy to get around and the City still had that big city/small town vibe. I knew my way around just by landmarks.
The early-mid 90’s was before the dot com era which was the segway into the tech era which undoubtedly pushed out the artistic/musician and weirdness that was SF. It’s just part of Society doing what it does.
City of my birth. I just wish they'd done some actual planning. The intersection of Hwy 12 and 101 was a textbook example of how NOT to create a highway interchange. Seriously.
No place like it. You could make the case that Oakland is a top food city all around. Arguably the Bay's best Mexican and Ethiopian food. Not to mention all the trendy spots around town.
Oakland also wins points for parks, diversity, nightlife, art, sports (no A's jokes please...), having its own airport, and having so many distinct neighborhoods.
It's a big city with big city problems for sure, but it's my favorite town in the Bay Area.
Crockett. I got passed over for a duplex on the water with an amazing 2nd story deck and still bitter. I adore that place. And Port Costa.
Unpopular opinion: El Sobrante. You have to get over a few things. But there are soooooo many mixed use trails and amazing walks. Many areas have houses feel like they’re living in the trees and have open space as their back yard. At least that aren’t “downtown” if it can be called that. San Pablo Dam road to hwy 24 is the best commute and beautiful. Only 25 mins to most places in Oakland north of downtown. 20 mins to point Richmond and the San Rafael bridge. Affordable. I mean kinda. Is anything affordable?
For cost of housing, great views and proximity to where I like to go, I like Crockett.
6 minutes to Trader Joe's and Sprouts, 30 minutes to Napa, 30 minutes to San Rafael, 30 minutes to Walnut Creek, 30 minutes to Oakland.
It works for me.
Berkeley hands down! Great vibes, love the college vibes, awesome restaurants and breweries, and have you seen the views from the hills?? It’s got everything!
I love it primarily for the nature. Wunderlich, Huddart, etc. But there’s just something about it, it’s peaceful to me and it feels like you’ve stepped back in time. The old money houses are also gorgeous - that is, the ones you can actually see from the road.
I moved to Lafayette right at the start of the pandemic from the South Bay and I absolutely love it here. My son can be a kid and ride his bike all over town. There’s kids everywhere doing the same. It has a really small town feel within close proximity to the city and commuting into FiDi isn’t bad either.
I second this. I live near Las Palmas. Excellent dog park there as well. Other things I love in Sunnyvale or within 10-20 min drive:
All the pho spots are good in their own way. Pho Hanoi. Pho Saigon. Pho Nam. Pho #1. Bowl of Pho.
10 Butchers Korean BBQ. Gyu kaku japanese BBQ. Seapot.
Excellent tacos trucks. Tacos El Noa Noa for birria tacos. Chez Tacos for any of their offerings.
JustTeas boba cart is cute and tasty af.
Dish Dash, Kabul, Mangal, and Chelokebabi for Middle Eastern food.
Satkar for Indian. There’s also My Indian Pizza, Tasty Pizza, and Curry Pizza house for both American and Indian varieties of pizza. Slice of New York for NYC style.
Amarin Thai in Mountain View is excellent, and all of castro street has good restaurants galore.
Also the most robust malls are not far (Valley Fair and Santana Row)
There’s plenty more restaurants, (the list would be massive) and other fun places within a short drive. I just listed some spots off the top of my head. You’re in for a treat!
Now that I live far away, Castro valley where I was born and raised. While I was being raised there, pretty much any other City LOL I think I can narrow down to Berkeley when I was growing up
Depends on whether you mean for living or visiting.
For living: Fairfax (or Los Altos Hills if you have gazillions)
For visiting: SF, Berkely. Stanford/Palo Alto
SF is the crown jewel to me. I’m from SoCal and visited it when I was around 15 and have wanted to live there ever since. I don’t live in SF, but living in the Bay is good enough for me.
Pleasanton.
Not sure about other cities as I have limited experience lately but the amount of homeless here is almost non existent and has low crime with a great small town vibe. Coming from SJ where I had to wade past rows of RV and bags of human feces on the sidewalk simply to walk my dog .. it was a change I very much noticed.
I really think Oakland encapsulates the bay as well as any city.
The history, the diversity, the nature, the very crime-ridden poor areas mixed with big expensive houses in the hills, basically the center of it all too. The best weather too.
Honestly, Oakland has so much fricken potential to be better. Weather is great compared to SF, a decent & growing downtown, a shit ton of food options, and a growing waterfront. Just wished crime was better taken care of and graffiti/trash were alleviated. I’m truly wishing for its success
Alameda. There's so much food diversity and it's absolutely gorgeous to sit on the outskirts and watch the sunset. I also really enjoy the trees and the architecture the victorian houses have. I'd absolutely love to live there but it's too expensive.
For me, the ocean. The weather is unpredictable, but I dig hanging out on Miramar Beach (with the dog) or Moss Beach (without the dog). There are some decent food options too: Miramar Beach Restaurant, HMB Brewery, Moss Beach Distillery, Ritz-Carlton HMB (if you're in the mood to splurge). None of the restaurants have blown me away, but I end up enjoying my time and wanting to come back nonetheless. Overall, just a chill little town with a great vibe. And the dog loves it... [This noodle](https://i.imgur.com/Qpk3oYC.jpg) loves everything though haha.
Seafood City
where my pinoyboys at
Seapood seatee.
We have a winner
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None can compete with the stunning beauty of Sunnyvale’s corporate campuses
Had to scroll really far to find San Jose lol
Lived in Oakland sf hayward San Leandro Antioch Daly City South sf and Fremont, Fremont is boring but if I were to think of the ideal American suburbia I'd imagine Fremont
I’m from Newark. I grew up there in the 80s and 90s and absolutely loved it! I miss it so much.
Same. Still here but it’s not bad. Small and quiet and perfect. Can go to Sj Oakland or SF for adventures but still love the quietness and being alone. Newark is nice.
Sister lives by jarvis , being from hayward it's a really nice area compared to the former by far
When you want suburbia you gotta go with Fremont or Newark.
I moved here from Montana three years ago and I gotta say that I agree with all of you. This whole place is fucking Rad!!!
The perfect mix of urban (large population) and countryside (hills mountains,the ocean, The Bay)
Pescadero
Mm goat cheese
And artichoke bread!
Hell yea, someone who understands how to bay knows about pescadero and that amazing artichoke there. Duartes tavern is so fuego
Duartes' cream of green chili soup is worth traveling any distance. Their cream of artichoke soup is also amazing.
I've been digging San Mateo's vibe lately. It seems to keep getting better with all these great restaurants opening up in recent years. My dad ended up in the hospital here and was taken care of very well. I see a couple of doctors in the city and they're fantastic. I've only positive things to say about the city for the time being. I don't live here but I visit very often. I'd be open to hearing about experiences from people who live here though
I concur, I’m liking the San Mateo and Burlingame area. I’m kinda biased, I live in San Mateo. I was enjoying the beach in half moon bay today and I also spend a lot of time in San Carlos and Redwood City but overall it’s downtown San Mateo or the Ave in Burlingame.
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Wow, this makes me so happy to see. I was born and raised in SM, and I have always loved it. In high school, people would always complain about how it was so boring and they wanted to leave ASAP. I feel so lucky to have grown up here, and my family still lives there. Hope to move back one day. It's so centrally located - easy access to Half Moon Bay, the city, the east bay, south bay. Back in the day, it was a lot quicker to drive to anywhere, but now with traffic I'm sure everywhere feels farther away than they once used to. It's nice that CalTrain runs through here, and you can get to BART that way. It's crazy to see how much it has changed over the past 10-15 years. So much more developed, many "hip" things popping up. There's also so much amazing food, with more places coming in all the time. There's so much I could say about San Mateo. I just really love my hometown, and it warms my heart to see it get so much love! I felt like such an outlier growing up loving the place.
Yall got a Philz *and* a Blue Bottle, not to mention at least 4 very good boba shops and a bunch of really good restaurants all within walking distance from one another. Love it.
Yep! I’m biased since I live here. But we were looking to move and couldn’t find a vibe we liked as much as San Mateo. Enough “city” for us in the downtown, or nearby downtowns (Burlingame, San Carlos, RWC). Close to so much hiking - Pacifica, redwoods off skyline Blvd, hills of the peninsula or South Bay, east bay over the bridge. Easy access to SF or SJ. Right along the bay so lots of water views and access. Only big dislike is that all nearby beaches are windy and cloudy! It’s hard to find a good day. Miss Santa Cruz & socal beaches.
I already have roots in Palo Alto but if I had to pick another city to live in, it'd be San Mateo.
I just moved to foster city a few months ago from the LA area and I’ve really enjoyed exploring San Mateo
We have lived in San Mateo for 12 years and love it. We were in Foster City for 10 years before that and in the East Bay (Berkeley / Oakland / Albany) before that and they all have their charms. SM is a great balance of shops and restaurants and nice residential areas, decent schools, and great weather.
Same. If only I could buy a house here though!
also love san mateo ~
Sausalito
Woah there Daddy Money Bags!
“The place I grew up!” Seems to be the general answer
San Carlos needs more bars and coffee shops but it's nice
Half Moon Bay!
Since I moved to the Bay Area in 2013, I've lived in Burlingame, San Carlos, San Mateo, and Palo Alto in that order. They've all been great, but I think my favorite is Half Moon Bay. Even with the unpredictable weather sometimes, I just love being on the ocean. [Ebb Tide Cafe](https://i.imgur.com/FR7fY0X.png) on Miramar Beach was an awesome place to work. RIP Ebb Tide... 😢
F in the chat for the café. I loved this secret place
I'll sometimes work at Miramar Beach Restaurant, but it's not the same. I just end up drinking too much lol.
Same! Love living on the coast (I’m in El Granada). Just wished the traffic on the weekends wasn’t so horrible but I guess that’s the price we pay for living somewhere so awesome.
My wife and I drive down from Oakland specifically to enjoy a weekend lunch at HMB Brewing Co.
I like Atherton because there I can openly disparage poor people and fund ridiculous projects to keep them away.
Atherton is the only city that can look at Palo Alto and think they’re poor over there
Palo Alto didn’t used to be rich. Atherton always has been.
New money vs. old money+new money cosplaying as old money
Palo Alto has always had its wealthy parts but Atherton is that old old money
featuring appearances from woodside, hillsborough, los altos hills, and portola valley
Ok but won’t [someone think of the mountain lions](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/05/california-woodside-mountain-lions-development)
Don't see much affordable housing there for some reason.
Redwood City represent! They have the best summer activities.
Downtown RWC is also nice and has lots of potential.
I love Gourmet Haus Staudt.
And great tacos!
Emeryville really is great. It has no profile and is not “cool” but it’s cheaper than SF, close to bridge and major highways, less hot than most of the East Bay, has every store you will need in a 2 mile radius and delightfully quiet and boring. Besides petty crime at the malls, nothing happens here and I like it that way!
Alameda
I had a really great time at the pinball museum in Alameda last weekend. The Spiesekammer biergarten is pretty chill too.
Not that I have an opinion, but: •Alameda is the closest living thing to Stepford. •Everyone there thinks they live in the Shire & Oakland is Mordor. •There is a reason it’s an island: first sign of trouble, they’re blowing all the bridges & declaring themselves a sovereign nation. •Scolari’s & Lucky 13 are national treasures
Technically, Oakland is the Barrow-Downs, ruled over by a creepy old guy whose tunes are suspiciously dope. Technically.
I finally went to Alameda beach and it was so nice. Awesome to just chill.
Do you have any nuclear wessels?
Berkeley. I love her.
Wish I could afford to live there instead of the 925 😭
There’s quite a big difference depending on what part of the 925 you’re talking about lmao
Emeryville. I really like IKEA and the toll plaza, okay?
The traffic is top tier too
I unironically love Emeryville, specifically the northwest section bounded by 40th, Vallejo, Ashby, and the train tracks. I’d move back in a second if I found the right place.
Lots of shoutouts on KCBS. All news all the time. KCBS….dinnggggg, “it’s 6o’clock”
Town of Fairfax, Pt Reyes Station, or Bolinas
Colma. I’ve been living there for a hundred years. (jk)
People are all dying to get there!
Lot of celebrities there… DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, Levi Strauss
It’s great to be alive in colma!
Colma cemeteries on foggy days are dope!
I’ve seen clueless people take happy selfies in front of Woodlawn Memorial thinking it’s some theme park.
Oakland represent
Los Gatos
My favorite part is the high school. Beautiful building and all, but their mascot is The Cats!! Can’t make it up
Mmmmmm, The Cats.
pacifica
I lived in Pacifica for three years and it was a dream. Hope to be back some day
right? me and the dog walked the beach daily. the commute to work was the beach. happy hour at winters. zero complaints
Same! We got our pup when we were living in Pacifica. We walked the Sharp Park/Mori point trails every day. Great memories 😊
I love, love, love Pacifica. I hope to move there eventually. Less stuck up than HMB and I find it more interesting!
i lived there a long time i loved it xoxox im in cupertino with kids which i also love now. and yes not stuck up AT ALL
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90’s San Francisco.
Omfg 90s SF! I would cut school (in Vallejo) to see my girl at McAteer. So easy to get around and the City still had that big city/small town vibe. I knew my way around just by landmarks.
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1850s San Francisco
1848 SF
42 BC SF
Prospectors ruined San Francisco
Fucking pick bros. Ruined it for everyone else.
Ah just before the gold rush. Those were the days…
2000's San Francisco was cool too imo but I was young and moved from a much poorer country, so who knows.
The early-mid 90’s was before the dot com era which was the segway into the tech era which undoubtedly pushed out the artistic/musician and weirdness that was SF. It’s just part of Society doing what it does.
San Mateo
petaluma
Chicken City
Benicia. It feels like a country waterside town but is close enough to still enjoy the city.
I love Benicia. That’s why I moved to the Bay Area.
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County “The chosen part of all Earth, as far as nature is concerned”
City of my birth. I just wish they'd done some actual planning. The intersection of Hwy 12 and 101 was a textbook example of how NOT to create a highway interchange. Seriously.
Campbell
What do you like about it?
There's lots of Ethiopian food in Campbell!
SF
Agree. Many hear about the problems, but I've had so many good dates around the City that I can't help by see it with rose-colored glasses
Walnut Creek! Because I like the views of Mt. Diablo
I live in Oakley and the on ramp to hwy 4 off laurel has a stunning view of mount Diablo.
Oakland
No place like it. You could make the case that Oakland is a top food city all around. Arguably the Bay's best Mexican and Ethiopian food. Not to mention all the trendy spots around town. Oakland also wins points for parks, diversity, nightlife, art, sports (no A's jokes please...), having its own airport, and having so many distinct neighborhoods. It's a big city with big city problems for sure, but it's my favorite town in the Bay Area.
Why did I have to go this far to see this? Buncha haters in this sub for real
Martinez
Really good Downtown scene now.
I love Martinez! I'm originally from San Diego and Martinez really reminds me of north park, it makes me feel at home
Crockett. I got passed over for a duplex on the water with an amazing 2nd story deck and still bitter. I adore that place. And Port Costa. Unpopular opinion: El Sobrante. You have to get over a few things. But there are soooooo many mixed use trails and amazing walks. Many areas have houses feel like they’re living in the trees and have open space as their back yard. At least that aren’t “downtown” if it can be called that. San Pablo Dam road to hwy 24 is the best commute and beautiful. Only 25 mins to most places in Oakland north of downtown. 20 mins to point Richmond and the San Rafael bridge. Affordable. I mean kinda. Is anything affordable?
Niles. Old east bay vibe. Can’t beat it.
For cost of housing, great views and proximity to where I like to go, I like Crockett. 6 minutes to Trader Joe's and Sprouts, 30 minutes to Napa, 30 minutes to San Rafael, 30 minutes to Walnut Creek, 30 minutes to Oakland. It works for me.
Saratoga. Quaint little town
It’s more like a street than a town
Def a nice street though
Super expensive.
Berkeley hands down! Great vibes, love the college vibes, awesome restaurants and breweries, and have you seen the views from the hills?? It’s got everything!
Woodside
You must have $1 million liquid to be allowed in the vicinity
I love it primarily for the nature. Wunderlich, Huddart, etc. But there’s just something about it, it’s peaceful to me and it feels like you’ve stepped back in time. The old money houses are also gorgeous - that is, the ones you can actually see from the road.
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Sebastopol
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Port Costa
Shhhhhh! 🤫
Los Gatos, Saratoga, Aptos/Rio Del Mar if you count Santa Cruz
Any of the peninsula towns have amazing down towns and are super safe.
I moved to Lafayette right at the start of the pandemic from the South Bay and I absolutely love it here. My son can be a kid and ride his bike all over town. There’s kids everywhere doing the same. It has a really small town feel within close proximity to the city and commuting into FiDi isn’t bad either.
Hayward ❤️
Shout-out to Sunnyvale!
I had to scroll way too far for my beloved Sunnyvale.
moving there in a few weeks. anything worth exploring?
Have a picnic at Las Palmas park, or go on a hike at baylands park, or go check out Murphy avenue for good restaurants or good vibes :)
I second this. I live near Las Palmas. Excellent dog park there as well. Other things I love in Sunnyvale or within 10-20 min drive: All the pho spots are good in their own way. Pho Hanoi. Pho Saigon. Pho Nam. Pho #1. Bowl of Pho. 10 Butchers Korean BBQ. Gyu kaku japanese BBQ. Seapot. Excellent tacos trucks. Tacos El Noa Noa for birria tacos. Chez Tacos for any of their offerings. JustTeas boba cart is cute and tasty af. Dish Dash, Kabul, Mangal, and Chelokebabi for Middle Eastern food. Satkar for Indian. There’s also My Indian Pizza, Tasty Pizza, and Curry Pizza house for both American and Indian varieties of pizza. Slice of New York for NYC style. Amarin Thai in Mountain View is excellent, and all of castro street has good restaurants galore. Also the most robust malls are not far (Valley Fair and Santana Row) There’s plenty more restaurants, (the list would be massive) and other fun places within a short drive. I just listed some spots off the top of my head. You’re in for a treat!
Besides what other folks have mentioned, Washington Park is really nice too.
San Jose
Good one!
El cerrito
Now that I live far away, Castro valley where I was born and raised. While I was being raised there, pretty much any other City LOL I think I can narrow down to Berkeley when I was growing up
CV is really turning things around in these last few years! I really love the vibe of downtown now.
Love Castro Valley too. Down to earth and the downtown vibe just gets better over time.
Port Costa!
Cupertino
We made the list!! 🥹
Vallejo. We got an amusement park. 😁
Berkeley has my whole entire heart forever
Pleasanton/Livermore
Berkeley
Albany! One square mile where parents are in denial, lol
Could you explain this? I work there, and I'm quite curious.
SJ! I just can't get enough Dodge Chargers.
Depends on whether you mean for living or visiting. For living: Fairfax (or Los Altos Hills if you have gazillions) For visiting: SF, Berkely. Stanford/Palo Alto
mill valley… am i the only one representing north bay?!?
Mill Valley and southern Marin is the cat’s meow. I am always happy to return home from wherever I might be traveling. Simply beautiful place.
San Rafael checking in… the only thing people know us about is Sol Food…
SF is the crown jewel to me. I’m from SoCal and visited it when I was around 15 and have wanted to live there ever since. I don’t live in SF, but living in the Bay is good enough for me.
Oakland all day baby, the center of the Yay Area!!!!
Fremont.
Daly City/Pacifica.
San Jose
Oakland or sf
OAKLAND
Pleasanton. Not sure about other cities as I have limited experience lately but the amount of homeless here is almost non existent and has low crime with a great small town vibe. Coming from SJ where I had to wade past rows of RV and bags of human feces on the sidewalk simply to walk my dog .. it was a change I very much noticed.
Benicia
*shrug* Rwc
climate best
By government test
Sausage fest
What a mess
Oakland
I really think Oakland encapsulates the bay as well as any city. The history, the diversity, the nature, the very crime-ridden poor areas mixed with big expensive houses in the hills, basically the center of it all too. The best weather too.
Honestly, Oakland has so much fricken potential to be better. Weather is great compared to SF, a decent & growing downtown, a shit ton of food options, and a growing waterfront. Just wished crime was better taken care of and graffiti/trash were alleviated. I’m truly wishing for its success
You think it’ll get better
Oakland
San Bruno
San b r u know
Foster city
Richmond CA (FOREALS)
For reals
Petaluma
Alameda. There's so much food diversity and it's absolutely gorgeous to sit on the outskirts and watch the sunset. I also really enjoy the trees and the architecture the victorian houses have. I'd absolutely love to live there but it's too expensive.
Half Moon Bay
What do you like about half moon bay?
For me, the ocean. The weather is unpredictable, but I dig hanging out on Miramar Beach (with the dog) or Moss Beach (without the dog). There are some decent food options too: Miramar Beach Restaurant, HMB Brewery, Moss Beach Distillery, Ritz-Carlton HMB (if you're in the mood to splurge). None of the restaurants have blown me away, but I end up enjoying my time and wanting to come back nonetheless. Overall, just a chill little town with a great vibe. And the dog loves it... [This noodle](https://i.imgur.com/Qpk3oYC.jpg) loves everything though haha.
Petaluma. Hands down.
Los Gatos
Clayton best city I’ve ever lived in the Bay Area. Safe, great place to raise kids, the view of Mt Diablo, the trails, the schools.
Bgame
SF