[quote=limkotir]Not familiar with bay area neighborhoods or market dynamics, but fully recognize Sunnyvale is a city that houses many tech companies.

Seems like the K-12 public schools this house is zoned to is ok, whereas MM has high achieving schools, but definitely not close to the nearby tech money influence.

Two questions: are public schools in the bay area in MM-like / -esque neighborhoods are typically like this per GreatSchools, mostly with 6s to 8s ratings, and 2) is it true many upper middle class families, by bay area standards, just end up going the private school route?[/quote]

Sunnyvale and south is what would be considered on par with Mira Mesa in terms of schools for a family. The location of the large apple campus only came recently with the past few years. Sunnyvale use to be a solid middle class neighborhood back in early 2000s obtainable for middle class, even as far as 2008.

Cupertino has always been the sought after school district.

I see many parallels when between Sunnyvale (ditto for mountain view) and Mira Mesa,.when things changed for the better. Close proximity to job center. No different than Mira Mesa being close to Sorrento Valley and now the life sciences growth area near 3 Roots…. 3 Roots will do well. Mira Mesa will do well as the more blue collar older owners move out by selling and retiring and refreshed with new owners. If SFH in MM are now over $1m, it’s a entirely new demographics moving in now aint going back. In practice, when public schools in the area will continue to get better as the demographics changes.

Short of jumping on an IPO bandwagon or working for a company with decent RSUs or being in a double income earning family….that’s what’s going to be the new norm for new people, unfortunately.