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[quote=Anonymous]I’d suggest exploring a bunch of areas. Microclimates, geographical features, and character really vary widely across the Bay Area.

Napa, Sonoma if you want the wine country, cute town, good restaurants. Petaluma is more affordable. Look for houses close in to town to minimize fire risk. Surprisingly affordable for the Bay Area.

Berkeley, which is my favorite is this combo of really nice, historic houses, clean tree lined streets, university vibe, bookstores, record stores, great restaurants, and a gritty level of mostly harmless druggie/homeless around downtown. Easy to take BART into SF. Stay out of the hills for fire risk. 
Upper Rockridge and Claremont area is Berkeley on the edge of Oakland and Oakland but really nice. Fantastic restaurants, Berkeley Bowl for groceries, and lots of small shops. Very few big box or chains though Target is downtown. Climate is great never too cold, never too hot.

Danville and San Ramon, nice suburbs in the east bay. Can get very hot.

San Jose is actually nice. My favorite areas are Rose Garden and Willow Glen.

Santa Clara and San Mateo have lots of small towns and areas. Campbell and Los Gatos are adjacent small towns toward the southwest. Also in Santa Clara county are Saratoga and Cambrian Park. There’s Hillsborough with old style mansions in San Mateo, Burlingame with smaller craftsmen, San Carlos with a crazy Christmas light thing, Los Altos and Menlo for $$$, Palo Alto.[/quote]

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