Those that live in the Bay area, is east Palo Alto, close to the Googleplex, safe area to live?

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It's Silicon Valley, totally safe by most normal standards. The help has to live somewhere.

That said, it is higher rates of burglaries, crime, etc.

As someone who grew up in the bay area: no. And watch "Dangerous Minds", it was about that.

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