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Housing in East Bay (Pleasanton/Dublin)

I'm very familiar with the Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore area and also familiar with the Sacramento area lol. I was stationed at Camp Parks in Dublin for a couple of years and I lived in Tracy because of the lower cost of living. You can find a nice large house in Tracy for less than a 1bd apartment in Dublin/Pleasanton. You'd be hard-pressed to find something under $1600/mo in the Tri-Valley area. Then factor in that you usually have to pay for everything in those places (water, garbage, sewer, electric, gas etc..)

If you don't mind a small commute, I'd suggest Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek area. Tracy is decent, but it's an hour commute to Dublin by cage and about a 35-40min commute by lane-splitting moto. If safety and upscale communities are your thing, then Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore is your best bet. It's like the Laguna area of Elk Grove. Concord is hit or miss, but Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek are fine. You could also go west of there and live in San Leandro/Castro Valley. As others mentioned, stay clear away from Hayward (the stack) unless you want problems. Florin of Sacramento describes Hayward quite well.

I pretty much grew up in San Leandro/Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton area so you can send me a PM and I'd be more than happy to tell you how the surrounding area is.
 
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Westie and I are the only two that are hard enough to live in Hayward it seems. :laughing
 
If your firm is in Pleasanton, and you can afford it, look in P-town. It's pricey but it is nice.
 
jh2586 said:
If you don't mind a small commute, I'd suggest Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek area.
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I drove to Pleasanton from Pleasant Hill one day last week and it almost sucked! It was 25 miles and took me 45 minutes (left at 7:40). I left Pleasanton around 2:30 headed to my office in Concord - traffic on 680 north was heavy all the way through Danville/Walnut Creek. I can only assume it got worse when the carpool lane restrictions went into effect at 3:00.

San Ramon, Danville or Dublin might not be a bad commute but I wouldn't go any farther north on 680 than necessary (no idea what rents are like in those towns, only talking about the commute).

SuperMike said:
You're kidding, right? Shit's so expensive around here...
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and the commute would suck.
 
wazzuFreddo said:
Adorable. I live in Hayward, and sure I wouldn't live off of Tennyson Rd but overall, most of the town isn't a bad place. :laughing
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I lived in Gading right off Tennyson from 880 for less than a week. Moved out ASAP after a drive by took place at the complex next to me. Hayward felt like a war zone. The cheep housing there isn't worth the stress of becoming an innocent bystander.
 
If you can afford the tri valley, go for it. If not, you're gonna have to commute.. No way around it.
 
renxianqiclone said:
I lived in Gading right off Tennyson from 880 for less than a week. Moved out ASAP after a drive by took place at the complex next to me. Hayward felt like a war zone. The cheep housing there isn't worth the stress of becoming an innocent bystander.
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That is the cuts right there. :laughing

I live in a good part of the flats on the other side of 880, north of 92. :p
 
Hey Ahmed what's up? It's Paul. I live right in Dublin dude and we love it here. You just need to find a room for rent with garage access. Let me know when your here so we can pose at Bux :laughing
 
Hayward a war zone. :laughing What kind of drugs are you guys on. Why is it a war zone, because it's multi-ethnic, compared to the whitebread Tri-Valley?

In the Tri-Valley, if you're not white or Indian, you don't belong. Not to mention the summers are too hot.
 
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Reli said:
Hayward a war zone. :laughing What kind of drugs are you guys on. Why is it a war zone, because it's multi-ethnic, compared to the whitebread Tri-Valley?

In the Tri-Valley, if you're not white or Indian, you don't belong. Not to mention the summers are too hot.
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I wouldn't call it a warzone, but it is a pretty fucked up city to live in. There's a lot of sketchy neighborhoods that you wouldn't want to go jogging around late at night.
 
you might consider the area at the niles end of 84. you could commute through the canyon, and then a short stretch up 680 to pleasanton. it's also a reverse commute, and the scenery is nice. niles isn't as nice as pleasanton, but it's similar. sunol would be super cool too (in the canyon), but doubtful there's much there, and probably not cheap if there is.
 
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Dan21774 said:
If your firm is in Pleasanton, and you can afford it, look in P-town. It's pricey but it is nice.
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What is P-town?

Paulo666 said:
Hey Ahmed what's up? It's Paul. I live right in Dublin dude and we love it here. You just need to find a room for rent with garage access. Let me know when your here so we can pose at Bux :laughing
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What's up Paul! Yeah that would be cool.. haven't been to a bux in like years.. There are some good coffee shops out here and I actually like good coffee but I guess we can try it out :laughing

littlebeast said:
you might consider the area at the niles end of 84. you could commute through the canyon, and then a short stretch up 680 to pleasanton. it's also a reverse commute, and the scenery is nice. niles isn't as nice as pleasanton, but it's similar. sunol would be super cool too (in the canyon), but doubtful there's much there, and probably not cheap if there is.
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Thank you. Sounds like a nice ride/drive to work.




Thanks everyone for the help. The offer is pretty good and I can probably afford one of the better areas but I don't like things to fall on "probably." Not until I'm comfortable at least..
I think San Leandro is probably one of my better options..
If I live in San Jose rent is only like $800 but it is a small room and a 40 mile commute. At least there is a garage.

This is a much tougher decision that I thought it would be lol
 
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Heh some very interesting shared rent arrangements. :teeth

Rent a Living room in a Commune in Alameda.
Share rent with three twenty somethings women in Dublin. Their professionals and all have small dogs. $1200 plus percentage of utilities.
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Reli said:
San Leandro has way more personality than Dublin/Pleasanton do. But I guess if strip malls and generic architecture are your thing....
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What now... San Leandro isn't generic architecture and strip malls? Since when? :laughing

San Leandro's great thing IMO is proximity to other things... it's not far to the city, it's not far to the mountains, it's not far to the beaches, etc. It's really close to the East Bay regional parks, which are pretty awsome IMO. Personality though? I don't see it despite (or maybe because of) growing up there.


OP, Anywhere from Fremont to Oakland, there are neighborhoods worth living in and neighborhoods worth avoiding. Most people would say Union City isn't special, but I have an uncle that has a place in Union City that backs up to Garin Park, and is close to Niles. It's pretty awesome. There are neighborhoods like that all over the east bay. As you head over the hills into the tri-valley, what really changes is that the cooler neighborhoods get crazy expensive fast, and there are no real shit neighborhoods.

As for personality... none of them are Manhattan (or Manhattan Beach if that's more your style).
 
Actually one thing about the tri-valley that's way different from the east bay is the weather.

East Bay = 65 & gray for 11 months of the year, with 3 weeks of summer in October.
Tri Valley = colder in the winter, mostly sunny and warm/hot from May through October.
 
Reli said:
Hayward a war zone. :laughing What kind of drugs are you guys on. Why is it a war zone, because it's multi-ethnic, compared to the whitebread Tri-Valley?
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I beg to differ. I live up past hayward high and its nice and quiet. Good parks. Short drive to downtown theater, dining, pubs. If your on the other side of the train tracks, thats your fault. Speaking of pubs, Freddo, when we gonna go to the bistro?
 
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