Moving to SF/ Bay Area early 2022. Thoughts about living in downtown San Jose? See some good apartment listings there

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What are you looking for in where you live? Besides sf and Oakland, everywhere else is somewhat similar. So I would just choose based on commute time and neighborhood niceness. Unless you need to worry about schools

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Downtown San Jose is very boring. What city are you coming from?

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SF is the best for that but if not downtown San Jose is a distant second. You can also look for apartments around Santana Row. Berkeley might be a good option as well if you're on the younger side

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Are you going to work in San Jose? Its a bit far from SF and the other parts of the bay. Personally I feel like downtown SJ has similar downsides as SF (dirty, homelessness) with fewer upsides (restaurants, bar, culture).

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Thank you. Work closer to Palo Alto, but that matters less because daily commute will be limited

Which are the other good areas outside SF I should look for apartments in?

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