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Been meaning to checkout Morgan Hill. I hear downtown Morgan Hill is pretty happening these days. I also noticed that there is a self-driving car company down

by jpao79 9y ago

Been meaning to checkout Morgan Hill. I hear downtown Morgan Hill is pretty happening these days. I also noticed that there is a self-driving car company down there: http://velodynelidar.com http://velodynelidar.com Are there any other interesting tech companies down there? Nice thing is that if you live near downtown you could take the Caltrain up to downtown MTV or PA.

myrandomcomment 9y ago
The downtown has some nice restaurants and a good cigar shop & bar. The main issue is the Cal-Train schedule is limited due to the fact that it goes to a single track down that far.
joejerryronnie 9y ago
Morgan Hill / Gilroy area is fantastic - small town feel, slower pace of life, diverse population, significant rural element, growing dining/entertainment options. Housing is certainly less expensive than the peninsula but by no means cheap compared to the rest of the state/country. I would still plan on spending $1 million plus but you will get a big new single family home instead of a 50 year old 1200 sf beater. The downside is, of course, the commute. There are some alternate transportation options, e.g. Caltrain, some companies like Apple run buses down to Morgan Hill, but this will limit the geographic area that you can reasonably commute to. IMHO San Jose, Santa Clara, & Cupertino are doable, Sunnyvale & Mountain View are pushing it, and Palo Alto is too far. There are a few companies in South Santa Clara county (and hopefully this will dramatically increase over time) but you'd still probably be commuting north.
- jpao79 9y ago
  Downtown San Jose's re-development would be pretty big for Morgan Hill. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/14/real-estate-a-developer-describes-the-epic-impact-of-googles-plans-for-downtown-san-jose/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/14/real-estate-a-develope... http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Googles-Property-Buying-Spree-in-Downtown-San-Jose-Continues-439684563.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Googles-Property-Buying... Looks to be about 35 minutes to downtown San Jose via Caltrain. That's do-able. The younger employees could live downtown in San Jose and the employees with kids could live in Morgan Hill. If YCombinator (and Zapier) were to move from Mountain View to Downtown San Jose that'd be a huge symbolic move for San Jose.

by jpao79 9y ago

myrandomcomment 9y ago

The downtown has some nice restaurants and a good cigar shop & bar. The main issue is the Cal-Train schedule is limited due to the fact that it goes to a single track down that far.

joejerryronnie 9y ago

Morgan Hill / Gilroy area is fantastic - small town feel, slower pace of life, diverse population, significant rural element, growing dining/entertainment options. Housing is certainly less expensive than the peninsula but by no means cheap compared to the rest of the state/country. I would still plan on spending $1 million plus but you will get a big new single family home instead of a 50 year old 1200 sf beater. The downside is, of course, the commute. There are some alternate transportation options, e.g. Caltrain, some companies like Apple run buses down to Morgan Hill, but this will limit the geographic area that you can reasonably commute to. IMHO San Jose, Santa Clara, & Cupertino are doable, Sunnyvale & Mountain View are pushing it, and Palo Alto is too far. There are a few companies in South Santa Clara county (and hopefully this will dramatically increase over time) but you'd still probably be commuting north.

jpao79 9y ago
Downtown San Jose's re-development would be pretty big for Morgan Hill. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/14/real-estate-a-developer-describes-the-epic-impact-of-googles-plans-for-downtown-san-jose/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/14/real-estate-a-develope... http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Googles-Property-Buying-Spree-in-Downtown-San-Jose-Continues-439684563.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Googles-Property-Buying... Looks to be about 35 minutes to downtown San Jose via Caltrain. That's do-able. The younger employees could live downtown in San Jose and the employees with kids could live in Morgan Hill. If YCombinator (and Zapier) were to move from Mountain View to Downtown San Jose that'd be a huge symbolic move for San Jose.