Originally Posted by Blue Order
I'm a South Bay refugee, and I'll never go back. Like what's her name said, there's no "there" there. San Francisco, Sausalito, Marin are all more pricey (although San Jose is getting *very* expensive), but you get what you pay for.
East Bay, there's Berkeley. That's it.
Her line was about Daly City, but I take your point.
Obviously a lot hinges on your personality and -- if I may hazard a pop-psych guess -- a desire to rebel against the comfortable and familiar. I grew up in Hawaii and feel almost the same way about it as you do about the South Bay (slight difference: I'll go back to visit, but I'll never live there again!)
I assure you there's a fine quality of life including bars, restauraunts, movies, live music, cultural activities, quality transit, and plenty of good biking to be had in SJ and environs.
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