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Originally posted by OscarCrease
Also, my impression of Redwood City from driving around was that for every house with an M3 and Range Rover in the driveway there was another with a still in the backyard and something jacked up on cinderblocks in the driveway. Just a bad first impression?
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No, that's accurate. But the question is whether it's relevant. Few towns on the Peninsula are without such neighborhoods --- they're just often crammed between El Camino Real and Bayshore.
About RWC in particular, there are houses in Oak Knoll/Edgewood Park that make Atherton look like a slum; there are places in Emerald Hills that make Woodside look like, um, well, okay, Woodside's pretty fucking cool if you have $4MM and six horses.
It's not about your town; it's about your neighborhood. And RWC has neighborhoods that can compete with the best places in Burlingame, Hillsborough, and Atherton. That's fuckin' saying something.
Fair warning --- if you live in deep deep Emerald Hills, it's basically a half hour from both 101 and 280, which in every other place in the Bay Area is geographically impossible. You can get to 101 in less time from Dublin, for chrissakes. OTOH, the views are spectacular. A friend of mine sold his bidness to SAP and bought there. I would blow Larry Ellison for the view from the house he bought.
The problem with Peninsula life is the high schools. Burlingame's good, San Mateo's okay; I'm not sure I have total confidence in any of the others, except Palo Alto, which rawks. Lots of people here making >$120K are planning to send their kids to private school, which can range from $8K to $25K a year.
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