What are some nice safe affordable areas within an hour of San Francisco?

Question

I live in L.A and it's too damn hot here (and expensive) I know northern CA is a lot cooler (temp wise) but the SF is just as expensive, I've noticed some areas like Vallejo and Concord are affordable, but I've heard bad things, please recommend areas north of L.A that are not as hot and more affordable.
Thanks!

Answer 1

sounds like you'd be happy in Campbell (95008)California or Saratoga and Los Gatos A triagle of nice affordable rentals are here Or if you don't mind a 20 minute commute to this area the Santa Cruz mountains are perfects Cheap rentals and 20 minutes to san jose south bay or 20 minutes to lovely calif coast email me your price range for rent and I will send you some local listings !
PS san jose /south bay now has the 60 minute bullet train to sanfrancisco really fast really cool Only a year old Love it It only makes 1 stop in redwood city and ssf

Answer 2

Affordable and Bay Area don't go together. It depends on how much is your budget. A 1BR/1BA apartment in SF for 2500 per month in SF is affordable! LOL. I think you shoul commute.. everyone does. Like other answerers Livermore and Pleasanton are good places. They are kinda of expensive too though. Modesto is a good town, about an 1 and a half away from SF without traffic, 2-3 with. East Bay has some nice places EXCEPT Oakland. The penninsula in the Bay Area is the BEST place to live San Matero, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, but AGAIN EXPENSIVE. San Jose is a big city and living is pretty cheap, housing and rent aren't too up there either. There are these apartments called Avalon Rosewalk in San Jose (look on internet) in a nice area close to freeways and downtown, all amenities pool, gym ,etc. you can get a 1400 sq ft 3 BR/B Ba for $2300 per month, thats pretty cheap.

Answer 3

Look for towns on the peninsula or in the South Bay. I live in SF now, but I lived for a time in Mountain View, which has great weather and is pretty affordable, especially compared to SF or LA. Some other towns I know are affordable: Redwood City, Sunnyvale, parts of San Jose.

Answer 4

Please don't even think of Vallejo. It's dirty and too much crime. Napa's nice. A nice 3 BR apt. was $1100 for me. And there's cheaper too, like a lot of homeowners have mother in law cottages in back of their house. A 10 minute trip to Vallejo and you can be on a 45 minute ferry to SF. A lot of people here commute to SF for work. But the best part is that it's like a small town. People are friendly, relaxed, things to do, I wouldn't ever leave here.

Answer 5

Pleasanton is about 30 min east (kind of like Ontario area to L.A) and is modest in price. Modesto (Scott Peterson's home town- you know the story... is about an hour east and actually a nice suburban area kind of like a spread out Pasadena/Glendale..Good luck and good for you chances are it'll be better and cooler

Answer 6

Daly city is not so bad its the next town over on our south.
South San Francisco is not bad nice weather i mean like not foggy most of the time its great weather.
Marin it across the GGB theres of alot of nice safe places there!!

Answer 7

Ha ha, but check out San Leandro. And maybe Fremont. South San Francisco MAYBE.

Answer 8

santa rosa ,sebastopol, petaluma are nice areas and less expensive north of san fran. or the east bay, fremont union city etc.

Answer 9

Affordable?? San Fransisco?? In the same sentence??? *dies laughing*

Answer 10

Burlingame, South SF and Daly city.
Its COLD here. :(