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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in MV CA and have a 6th grader. CA schools are prohibited from going online (which causes a ruckus during omicron surge because so many people wanted to do a repeat of 2020). I am still baffled how CA finally adopted some helpful legislation but here we are!
[b]I have heard from a teacher friend that starting about 7th grade teachers have to dedicate a certain percentage of their time promoting LGBTQ values. But I think if your kids aren’t into pride club and don’t fall to the fad of identifying as someone else other than their gender it should be fine. [/b]
There are also parochial schools that are relatively secular and relatively inexpensive.
[b]The COL is horrible but I assure you you won’t starve on 200k+. You will get a modest 2 bedroom and will be fine.[/b]
There is a FB group called Mountain View moms you may want to join.
As for the school districts, Los Altos is great, Palo Alto used to be great but is now falling victim to affordable housing on one end and pressure cooker/cram school culture on the other. Mountain View is ok, truly diverse, but has 30% farms across the board. 
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That's yet another red flag for me for public schools. Also a modest 2 bedroom apartment will be a significant downgrade from my 3-bedroom TH. I would prefer to sacrifice up to 8hrs/week total into commute time to get a better home..

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Have then go to St Francis in MV (great records from my secular mom friends) and live in good parts of MV and you will have a nice life. Don’t decline! CA is horribly run but it’s a great place to spend a few years because even the most horrible management can’t extinguish the nature and weather! And smartest people around you! [/quote]
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Try far out East Bay - Walnut Creek, Livermore (someone I know who lives there called it "Live No More" because it's so far and boring suburbia), Pleasanton, San Ramon.  I don't know if you can afford the rent there but the schools are "decent".

IMO far out East Bay seems more moderate than places like Oakland or SJ.[/quote]
[quote=Anonymous]I am the poster from MV and I have lived in DC before. I find people in CA to be generally friendlier fwiw. [/quote]

Yes I am aware of those advantages (weather + people), that's why I'm still considering this. But I don't want to make sacrifices in core parts of my standards.
So these places have good private schools, are safe and are more affordable than MV?

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Please don’t be ridiculous. Your HHI is 140k and no room for growth and you don’t want 200 with ample room for growth? 
You may be able to afford 3 bedrooms, not sure. If you bring in 10k/mo you can spend 4-5k/month on rent.
And I repeat, do not live far from where you work. Not worth it. 
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