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Silicon Valley has problems, but schools, parks, and infrastructure are not among them. In these it is among the best in the US.
by pg 18y ago
Silicon Valley has problems, but schools, parks, and infrastructure are not among them. In these it is among the best in the US.
- ivankirigin 18y agoI see some patterns in different tech areas. SF, downtown Boston/Cambridge, and NYC all have pretty bad public schools, some nice parks, and at times annoyingly crowded but workable roads. Palo Alto, Arlington and points north, and Long Island each have better schools, more open spaces, and less congestion. This clearly has a lot less to do with startup centers and more a generally to do with population density in and around urban areas.
- davidw 18y agoI guess I'm a bit biased - I moved there the first time from Portland, Oregon, which at least in terms of parks and infrastructure, is definitely better. Where are you getting the school information from?
- pg 18y agohttp://www.openspace.org/ http://www.openspace.org/ http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/csd/parks_and_open_space/default.asp http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/csd/parks_and_open_space... http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/utl/default.asp http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/utl/default.asp http://www.schooldatadirect.org/app/location/q/stid=5/llid=118/stllid=319/locid=1006325/stype=/catid=-1/secid=-1/compid=-1/site=pes http://www.schooldatadirect.org/app/location/q/stid=5/llid=1...
- comatose_kid 18y agoI live in SV with two young children. In the right area, the schools are superb. The problem is that you need to be able to afford to live in los gatos, saratoga, cupertino, or palo alto. Other districts have good elementary schools, but poor middle/high schools. Or they are far enough away from the core areas that you pay a pretty huge price in commute time. In summary, SV offers great public schools for affluent parents.
- pg 18y agoExactly. What Davidw really meant was that Portland was cheaper, not that it was better.