I moved to San Jose from a small NY town back in 2007. What I quickly realized that is that 30-45 mins away is very wide spread and there are times when driving

I moved to San Jose from a small NY town back in 2007. What I quickly realized that is that 30-45 mins away is very wide spread and there are times when driving an hour might not get you very far :-) If the job is in Mountain View, maybe consider Sunnyvale, Cupertino. Morgan Hill would take you 45-1hr with good traffic. Longer at times. Santa Clara. There is Fremont/Union City but that is outside 30-45 mins usually, I would say. I dont know about the schools. Really good schools in Cupertino, but higher rent and house prices for sure. E-Mail in profile you wanna chat about this.