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Slew Foot said:
Fremont is full of Indian people and is just as expensive as SJ. Morgan Hill is a bit cheaper while still being nice though commuting to the peninsula can be tough with the traffic. The south part of evergreen in SJ is safe and has great schools, but is pretty stereotypically asian suburbia.
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so you're telling me the food is excellent there?
 
Traffic blows commuting from Morgan Hill on 101. Live where you can get to Orchard on mostly city streets. You can find decent 1 BR for <$1500 in SJ if you look around...check out Willow Glen area. Milpitas is closer but a shithole IMHO.
 
TheSiege said:
48 an hour, and 1br won't work with 2 kids and a wife. 30-45min commute is fine by me
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In good weather, that opens up your commute to Dublin/Pleasanton and even Livermore...but during the rainy winter months, that drive can take a couple of hours, especially during the evening commute.
I worked a couple of miles past that location (Evelyn/Matilda in Sunnyvale) about 10 years ago. Under NORMAL conditions, I could make the 100 mile drive to Modesto in 90 minutes. If we had much rain, I just got a motel rather than face the 3-4 hour drive. I know they've finished some of the freeway construction that was going on back then...but they still haven't upgraded the drivers. Seems like every minor fender-bender causes a 10 mile back up on both sides of the roadway as everyone slows down to take a look.

Realistically, if you're willing to drive 30-45 minutes, you have tons of choices...none "affordable," but many are more so than others.

Is this for a long-term job or short-term?
 
It depends on my wife. We would probably rent for atleast a year and then see how we fill and then either transfer to the pacific northwest or stay there.
 
TheSiege said:
It depends on my wife. We would probably rent for atleast a year and then see how we fill and then either transfer to the pacific northwest or stay there.
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Construction here is still in the crapper. Worst I've seen in my life. The union hall has been full for the past several years. I don't know what kind of work you're coming for...but most construction here has shut down.

Housing costs here will shock you, coming from the SLC area. For us, the biggest plus to the area is the lack of snow and cold weather in the winter. (snow is around...you just have to drive to it) We've been here almost 25 years and I STILL don't miss the snow. If I bump my head and get a "hankering" for the snow, it's less than a 2-hour drive from here. In San Jose, you can often see snow on Mt. Hamilton during the winter...or drive into the Sierra Nevada, where there may be many, many feet of the nasty white shit.
 
Dear god do not live in Dublin/Pleasanton and try to commute to San Jose! You will want to kill yourself trying to make the drive on I-680 up and down the Sunol Grade, especially on Fridays.
 
Sukhoi said:
Dear god do not live in Dublin/Pleasanton and try to commute to San Jose! You will want to kill yourself trying to make the drive on I-680 up and down the Sunol Grade, especially on Fridays.
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Sometimes I head out to my dad's place in Manteca coming from the South Bay on Fridays. I want to kill myself everytime I have to go up 680. I almost think it'd be quicker to head south to the 152 and then up 5.
 
I don't know much about the south bay, but some friends live towards the south of San Jose, near the intersection of 87 and 85, and work near where you'll be. That area seems decent and relatively affordable, while giving a commute that's not too horrible. Think they mostly bicycle to work though. Don't know how the drive is.
 
Sukhoi said:
Dear god do not live in Dublin/Pleasanton and try to commute to San Jose! You will want to kill yourself trying to make the drive on I-680 up and down the Sunol Grade, especially on Fridays.
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I agree. No way would I want to make that trip every day.
 
TheSiege said:
3000 orchard parkway
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Hah I work on 1st St.

Could try renting in Milpitas or Fremont. Commute isn't too bad if you leave early (880 get progressively worse after 7:30). It doesn't take me more than 45 with traffic from Union City, 20 if there's no traffic.
 
Sukhoi said:
Dear god do not live in Dublin/Pleasanton and try to commute to San Jose! You will want to kill yourself trying to make the drive on I-680 up and down the Sunol Grade, especially on Fridays.
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Imported said:
Sometimes I head out to my dad's place in Manteca coming from the South Bay on Fridays. I want to kill myself everytime I have to go up 680. I almost think it'd be quicker to head south to the 152 and then up 5.
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Dirigible said:
I agree. No way would I want to make that trip every day.
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Bah...bunch of pussies. 😛

No sense of adventure. :biggrin:

It can indeed suck...especially during the rush hours...and, as I mentioned, especially in the rain.

Most of the time, my morning commute was before rush hour started. It's not bad at 0500, but if you wait until 0600 or later...it's a parking lot just like all the other freeways in the bay area.
 
ok here is a question. I live in nevada, my net to gross ratio is 73% 2 allowances and married. that includes $90 every 2 week for insurnace and no state tax or SDI crap and 5% for 401k. what is about the average % for people in california?
 
California Personal Income Tax (PIT) :

(choose one for your calculation...may not be the exact method used by your employer)
http://edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/12metha.pdf
http://edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/12methb.pdf

Using the $48.57/hr you mentioned above x 40 hours x 52 weeks, your expected annual wage would be $101025.60, or $1942.80/week.
With two exemptions, your state withholding for PIT will be $82.30 per week. Your end-of-the-year tax due will depend on a wide variety of things.

The 2011 SDI tax rate is 1.2 percent (.012) of SDI taxable wages per employee, per year. SDI is set by the California State Legislature and may change yearly. This includes the rate for PFL. The maximum tax is $1,119.79 per employee, per year ($93,316 x .012). Gross wages/salary x 1.2&#37; up to the max.
 
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TheSiege said:
jesus that is confusing, CA state Legislature needs to get their shit together, or do a flat tax
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California tax is insane. I came from Ohio which has a 1-page income tax that takes about 5 minutes to fill out, and I thought all states were like that. Imagine my surprise to find out the California forms are more complicated than the federal 1040.
 
I'll second trying campbell. It still has a suburb-feel to it, not overcrowded like milpitas etc.

<-- lives in Los Gatos, the less shitty side of silicon valley.
 
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