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That's where we are from! I miss it! Not the traffic but I miss a lot of things about San Jose. Lets see. For several years it was voted one of the safest big cities in the U.S. (but I haven't checked lately to see if it still holds that distinction). Of course it's still a big city with big city issues. There are 100's (if not thousands) of fantastic restaurants (I really miss that part), some really awesome hiking and biking trails, wonderful parks, museums, gardens, endless opportunities for entertainment and it's pretty easy to get around. The weather is usually gorgeous! My roses bloomed 10 months out of the year when I lived there. It is also a very diverse population, which we loved, and Bay Areans tend to be pretty open-minded. At least compared to Reno.
The traffic, however, is horrible. I have even been stuck in traffic at 8:00 at night! The people are not as friendly as they are in a smaller town and the cost of living is higher than many areas (although housing is cheaper now than it has been in ages). For example a permit to remodel cost us a little over a hundred dollars here in Reno but was almost two thousand in San Jose. But in San Jose our plan was looked at the same day and after changes were corrected and we brought them back in they were approved then and there. In Reno they wouldn't even look at our plans for several weeks and when they needed changes it was several more weeks (and several phone calls) before they were approved. It is cheaper in San Jose than it is in a lot of the Bay Area. Some areas are noisy though and, of course, there are parts of San Jose (like every city) that I wouldn't live in but all in all San Jose is a great place to live!
That's where we are from! I miss it! Not the traffic but I miss a lot of things about San Jose. Lets see. For several years it was voted one of the safest big cities in the U.S. (but I haven't checked lately to see if it still holds that distinction). Of course it's still a big city with big city issues. There are 100's (if not thousands) of fantastic restaurants (I really miss that part), some really awesome hiking and biking trails, wonderful parks, museums, gardens, endless opportunities for entertainment and it's pretty easy to get around. The weather is usually gorgeous! My roses bloomed 10 months out of the year when I lived there. It is also a very diverse population, which we loved, and Bay Areans tend to be pretty open-minded. At least compared to Reno.
The traffic, however, is horrible. I have even been stuck in traffic at 8:00 at night! The people are not as friendly as they are in a smaller town and the cost of living is higher than many areas (although housing is cheaper now than it has been in ages). For example a permit to remodel cost us a little over a hundred dollars here in Reno but was almost two thousand in San Jose. But in San Jose our plan was looked at the same day and after changes were corrected and we brought them back in they were approved then and there. In Reno they wouldn't even look at our plans for several weeks and when they needed changes it was several more weeks (and several phone calls) before they were approved. It is cheaper in San Jose than it is in a lot of the Bay Area. Some areas are noisy though and, of course, there are parts of San Jose (like every city) that I wouldn't live in but all in all San Jose is a great place to live!
