My wife dragged me kicking and screaming from Berkeley to Los Gatos in 2006. We lived there for 5 years. While San Jose has too much concrete, I must say I surp

My wife dragged me kicking and screaming from Berkeley to Los Gatos in 2006. We lived there for 5 years. While San Jose has too much concrete, I must say I surprised myself by being deeply moved by the profound natural beauty of the valley, and even the suburban architecture there. Suburban architecture is easy to ridicule (Kunstler does a good job), especially when you're a young professional looking for a mate. When you're raising two kids you start to understand it better. Today I see it as a fantastic setup -- almost utopian. Sure, I appreciated being in the green and walkable Los Gatos downtown rather than San Jose proper. But the San Jose downtown is pretty nice! Not my type of scene, but it beats the zombies, human poo, getting mugged, ice cold fog, and dilapidated, frantic streets of San Francisco. Which is -- objectively, it must be noted -- a far better target for a nuke test.[1] [1] The market agrees, for starters http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2013/10/16/silicon-valley-tech-enclaves-top-our-list-of-americas-most-expensive-zip-codes/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2013/10/16/silicon...