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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you looked at Oakland OP? It’s having a bit of Renaissance. Lots of good restaurants, parks are cleaned up, and housing still very affordable. You probably end up paying for private school, but Catholic is super cheap around here. [/quote]

DH and I live both in DC and San Francisco, and Oakland is the new hotspot.  All the young folks are moving there now.  If anyone is seriously interested, I think you should jump on real estate there now because it is certainly going to go up.

And with everyone supposedly moving out of the Bay Area, real estate is INSANE here - bidding wars all over the place.  We bought a place a few months ago in the city and got lucky with a very motivated seller who had already moved to southern California.  Before we got our place, we lost a very small place that sold for $300K over list.  A friend of ours also just bought a place for over $300 above list.  And forget financing or other contingencies - no offer is even considered that isn't all cash.

Smaller places in California are growing a lot as well because a lot of those who are leaving cities like LA and San Francisco are moving to smaller towns in CA.  We spent a few days in Paso Robles and locals there were telling us real estate was booming there too because lots of city folks moving there now.

I have to say though, after spending 20 years in DC, the lifestlye in CA is amazing.  For all of its warts, you just can't beat the culture, nature, food, wine, etc. here.  We love it.[/quote]

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