Fremont can be a good choice... Have lived there for a while and it has many convenient things:
- BART station: easy ride to the city
- Dumbarton bridge if you need to cross to go to Palo Alto (need to pay the toll but totally doable)
- taking 880 south, and then 237 you can then be in Mountain View/Sunnyvale area in 30 to 45 minutes by car depending on traffic.
- House prices in Fremont last time I checked were going up but they were still lower than the City or lower than south in SV
Overall Fremont is a good alternative choices which give you access to the City/Berkeley in 40 to 50 minutes drive/BART, and to the SV in the south.
I was living in Fremont with my wife (no kids) for a salary way less than $240K, so totally doable IMHO.
- BART station: easy ride to the city
- Dumbarton bridge if you need to cross to go to Palo Alto (need to pay the toll but totally doable)
- taking 880 south, and then 237 you can then be in Mountain View/Sunnyvale area in 30 to 45 minutes by car depending on traffic.
- House prices in Fremont last time I checked were going up but they were still lower than the City or lower than south in SV
Overall Fremont is a good alternative choices which give you access to the City/Berkeley in 40 to 50 minutes drive/BART, and to the SV in the south. I was living in Fremont with my wife (no kids) for a salary way less than $240K, so totally doable IMHO.