All of Sillicon Valley is just a strip mall wasteland. If you are European, or lived in Boston/Nyc/D.C. it will be the most boring place in earth to live. (I

All of Sillicon Valley is just a strip mall wasteland. If you are European, or lived in Boston/Nyc/D.C. it will be the most boring place in earth to live. (I have no clue how people living there are not shooting themselves with a shotgun. maybe paxil is helping). San Jose was named the most boring large City of USA (actually it is more of a suburb itself). SF is much more fun, but it has its problems of bums, trash, urine smelling streets, car break ins, ugly girls with no fashion sense, etc.... ah and lots of fog. But there is lots of stuff to do, good night life, great house music scene, you can walk to places. Rents are crazy right now, and it is VERY VERY hard to find a decent place for a decent ammount. Get ready to pay 1600/mo per bedroom, or $2200/mo + for a two bedroom. Berkeley is fun too. It would be my second choice as a place to be. Avoid Palo Alto, and most of the Peninsula, same boring stuff as south bay. Oakland can be very gheto, and not safe, (except few pockets such as Montclaire, )