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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about Pacifica? 3/1 for just under a mil. [/quote]

It is not known for having good schools. I would not want to send my kids to that high school district.   I would buy less house in a better district or move to a better area away from the peninsula. Do you have to be on the peninsula OP? Where will your dh be working?  [/quote]

I think, generally speaking, there are no longer any secret enclaves in the Bay Area with the good schools-short commute to SV or SF-reasonably priced housing trifecta. You have to pick one (or if you're lucky, two) unless you have a pretty sizable budget.

So basically--if you see big houses for under $1M, it's a safe assumption that either the schools are underperforming, the commute is problematic, or both. I'd say people who can flex on the cost do so (hence the insane housing prices), and those who can't choose either schools or commute. Personally I'd choose commute (and did!), since schools can change but commutes can't. But if you're in a field where you might get a job somewhere off the beaten path in the future, it might be worth a long commute initially with an eye towards shortening it in years to come.

Wherever you choose, I'd rent for at least the first year.[/quote]

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