[quote=The-Shoveler]I did a quick search there are actually quite a few new single family homes going up within 1 to 1.5 hours commute from San Jose for under 500K but not sure about the hood.
Hey if google employee’s ride a bus 90 minutes (just saying).
Yea it’s probably about commute time and schools plus further from the Ocean and SF.
Having been to SF quite a few times, I still don’t see the draw. I guess to each their own.[/quote]
“1 to 1.5(+?) hours commute time from San Jose” is probably Morgan Hill or even Gilroy:
Shoveler, you’re forgetting that a SV worker/commuter has to navigate the fwy loops in/near SJ around to the Nimitz (nka I-880 spur) to Fremont and surrounds (if not using the toll bridge) or down thru Morgan Hill to Gilroy. That’s well over an hour commute barring any accidents, etc (30-45 mins during rush hr just to navigate thru SJ).
Proximity to the “ocean” in SV is likely not a criteria of SV homebuyers. Except for small off-the-beaten-path enclaves (ex Pacifica, Half Moon Bay) the “ocean” is bordered by mtns, incl state preserves and parkland. Thus, there isn’t much housing near the ocean there (and certainly not many listings situated close to the ocean at any given time).
