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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Belle Haven and neighboring North Fair Oaks are much improved, but the baseline wasn't great to start with. If he's used to SE circa 80s and 90s he will be fine there, but if he's looking for safer and less gritty than that, he might want to go farther afield.

What does he want for $4K? And is he hoping to buy eventually? If he works for Facebook, they offer a homebuying incentive program for employees to buy closer to the office that I believe excludes East Palo Alto and possibly Belle Haven too (to avoid accelerating gentrification that is already putting pressure on low-income families in those neighborhoods). If that's a program he'd be eligible for, he may want to rent somewhere where he could later buy.

Also, are they committed to the private path, or is that just to make an area with lower-performing schools work? I would probably look in Fremont if it's the latter and use public schools. You can rent for under $4K there if you aren't looking for a huge house. He may also still be able to find that on the Peninsula in places like Mountain View or Redwood City, though those rents continue to go way up. [/quote]

Committed to private.

They have dogs and kids, so big houses are the goal.

He is most used to SE DC from 2010-2018; are you saying Belle Haven is like SE in the 90s?? — I got stabbed there just walking around back then. [/quote]

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