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Willow Glenn is really nice, somewhat traditional type area for California and is centrally located. It's like a little Pasadena with nice well kept vintage homes.
Of course, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Campbell are also nice, but some of these areas are "Dragon Mom" territory, your children could be terrorized by ultra achievers who will commit hari-kari or have nervous breakdowns if they don't get in to an Ivy.
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I'm currently living in the Belmont mid-Peninsula area and considering moving closer to San Jose for work. To be honest, I don't know much about San Jose other than it has the highest population of any city in the Bay Area and there are something like 59 zip codes:
95101 95110 95111 95112 95113 95116 95117 95118 95119 95120 95121 95122 95123 95124 95125 95126 95127 95128 95129 95130 95131 95132 95133 95134 95135 95136 95138 95139 95140 95141 95148 95002 95103 95106 95108 95109 95115 95150 95151 95152 95153 95154 95155 95156 95157 95158 95159 95160 95161 95164 95170 95172 95173 95190 95191 95192 95193 95194 95196
I've spent some time in Campbell, Los Gatos, and South San Jose and have positive things to say. I've also passed through East San Jose and know to stay away. I've heard Almaden and Willow Glen are great too, but home prices have certainly gotten up there in those areas.
My wife and I have a 2yr old daughter and would like to have another child in the near future, so the school system certainly matter (or will soon anyway).
I'm hoping some of you guys who know the area well would be so kind as to share some tips and recommendations on the city, i.e. what zip codes to focus on, what zip codes to stay away from. We are not necessarily locked to San Jose and would consider surrounding areas if it makes sense.
We are on the fence between buying now vs renting for 1-2yrs before then buying once we get a better feel for the area. We are also open to being a bit on the perimeter of SJ where we might perhaps get a little more land (i.e. south SJ). Being centrally located is could be interesting too... just depends on the area I suppose.
Floor is yours guys. Much appreciated for any insight and thank you in advance!