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San Jose is not a nice looking place. However, the locals are pretty cool. There are nicer places on the peninsula and in the south bay, if you are looking for

San Jose is not a nice looking place. However, the locals are pretty cool. There are nicer places on the peninsula and in the south bay, if you are looking for suburbs. Menlo Park, San Mateo, Mtn. View, Palo Alto etc.

ardit33 18y ago
While nice people, I would say the locals in SJ are "provincial" people, mostly boring. Anybody that is interesting and that has traveled a bit, will avoid that hellhole at any cost. And let's not mention the fakery of places like Santana Row. It is almost comical. Addition: Call me crazy, but I think that living in a boring enviroment, might make one boring, over time. Just as boring jobs affect a person's brain, there is a chance that living in a place where there is little human interaction, (car driving everywhere), might affect a person in the long run. No matter how strong a individual is, the enviroment around affects us a great deal. Live in a interesting place, where there is a lot going on, might affect creativity in the good way.
- menloparkbum 18y ago
  It depends on which locals, I guess. Personally, I find the faux-cosmopolitans in San Francisco even more boring. The "Stuff White People Like" blog is not far off the mark. I'd rather hang out with a guy who mods classic cars and builds robots in his spare time than another webdesigner-DJ-foodie-proto-yuppie.
  - ardit33 18y ago
    strange, as most of my friends are actually foreign or asian (SF is about 30% asian). Yes, I agree the prototypical-in-your-face know it all hipster can be annoying, but the beauty of SF is you can find people of any predesposition, upbringing and nationality. Most of my friends tend to be foreign, or born from first generation immigrants, as they are probably more similiar to me, German, French, Half Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Turkish, Australian, Nigerian, so basically a lot of very different cultures, which came to the US for varios reason, and ambition seems to be a common trait. SJ you are judged by the car you drive. And, yes, my SJ co-workers talk about cars that want to buy, that are expensive enough they probably couldn't afford, if they didn't live with their parents, to impress the ladies. I know, it is a small sample, guys in their 20s, but they fit the car obsesed stereotype pretty well.
    - comatose_kid 18y ago
      Why should you care if some people judge you by your car? That's their problem, not yours. Every place has people who will judge you based on some physical attribute. Ignore them. Don't let them sour you on the cool stuff because then you lose.
    - witten 18y ago
      The bay area has nothing on Los Angeles in terms of car obsession. It's not even in the same league.
  - asdflkj 18y ago
    Have you ever met anyone who both mods classic cars and builds robots? Those seem like hobbies for drastically different minds. And, one is decidedly provincial, while the other isn't.
- comatose_kid 18y ago
  Provincial? Many people move to SJ from other places, so I doubt that word applies. An environment's 'boring quotient' isn't necessarily related to it's physical attributes. I think that who you are surrounded by is more important than what your are surrounded by.
abstractwater 18y ago
I agree, San Jose is too spread out for my taste: it's like a giant suburb. I lived in San Jose for about a year (Glenview neighborhood) and for pretty much everything I had to take the car. I find the East Bay much more livable, in particular the nice parts of Oakland and Berkeley. Streets seem to be designed for pedestrians (or bicyclists) instead of cars. Plus the weather rarely gets in the 90s, which is invaluable for me.

ardit33 18y ago

While nice people, I would say the locals in SJ are "provincial" people, mostly boring. Anybody that is interesting and that has traveled a bit, will avoid that hellhole at any cost. And let's not mention the fakery of places like Santana Row. It is almost comical. Addition: Call me crazy, but I think that living in a boring enviroment, might make one boring, over time. Just as boring jobs affect a person's brain, there is a chance that living in a place where there is little human interaction, (car driving everywhere), might affect a person in the long run. No matter how strong a individual is, the enviroment around affects us a great deal. Live in a interesting place, where there is a lot going on, might affect creativity in the good way.

menloparkbum 18y ago
It depends on which locals, I guess. Personally, I find the faux-cosmopolitans in San Francisco even more boring. The "Stuff White People Like" blog is not far off the mark. I'd rather hang out with a guy who mods classic cars and builds robots in his spare time than another webdesigner-DJ-foodie-proto-yuppie.
- ardit33 18y ago
  strange, as most of my friends are actually foreign or asian (SF is about 30% asian). Yes, I agree the prototypical-in-your-face know it all hipster can be annoying, but the beauty of SF is you can find people of any predesposition, upbringing and nationality. Most of my friends tend to be foreign, or born from first generation immigrants, as they are probably more similiar to me, German, French, Half Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Turkish, Australian, Nigerian, so basically a lot of very different cultures, which came to the US for varios reason, and ambition seems to be a common trait. SJ you are judged by the car you drive. And, yes, my SJ co-workers talk about cars that want to buy, that are expensive enough they probably couldn't afford, if they didn't live with their parents, to impress the ladies. I know, it is a small sample, guys in their 20s, but they fit the car obsesed stereotype pretty well.
  - comatose_kid 18y ago
    Why should you care if some people judge you by your car? That's their problem, not yours. Every place has people who will judge you based on some physical attribute. Ignore them. Don't let them sour you on the cool stuff because then you lose.
  - witten 18y ago
    The bay area has nothing on Los Angeles in terms of car obsession. It's not even in the same league.
- asdflkj 18y ago
  Have you ever met anyone who both mods classic cars and builds robots? Those seem like hobbies for drastically different minds. And, one is decidedly provincial, while the other isn't.
comatose_kid 18y ago
Provincial? Many people move to SJ from other places, so I doubt that word applies. An environment's 'boring quotient' isn't necessarily related to it's physical attributes. I think that who you are surrounded by is more important than what your are surrounded by.

abstractwater 18y ago

I agree, San Jose is too spread out for my taste: it's like a giant suburb. I lived in San Jose for about a year (Glenview neighborhood) and for pretty much everything I had to take the car. I find the East Bay much more livable, in particular the nice parts of Oakland and Berkeley. Streets seem to be designed for pedestrians (or bicyclists) instead of cars. Plus the weather rarely gets in the 90s, which is invaluable for me.