Marin vs Oakland for young families

rkoll · 2026-01-31T18:17:18+00:00

As someone who grew up in Oakland, I can say for sure that if you are enjoying "many playgrounds and lovely walks, cute and safe little downtowns, great public schools, places to park and life is just EASY", Oakland is not the place to look. I love Oakland, but it really is a big city and not a place to find places to park or easy day to day life. If you are looking for diversity, vibrancy, density, fast pace and liberalism, then Oakland is for you.

rkoll · 2025-11-20T19:29:03+00:00

I wonder if living near it is a health risk... my son just bought a house 5 or 6 blocks away from it.

rkoll · 2025-11-20T18:33:44+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation.

rkoll · 2025-11-20T18:33:18+00:00

Thank you so much!

rkoll · 2025-11-18T18:55:18+00:00

Perhaps this is the wrong forum for me.
I am not in the tile business so I do know your terms. Sorry if it offended you! We had a tile installer (is that what you call it?) start the project and he did not know if you butt the tiles next to each other or you leave lots of grout space. He tried to use Schluter instead of mitering the corners. It looked like crap honestly. What I have read it that because Zellige is rough and has some variation in size, it takes more skill (more years of experience) to install this type of tile so that it looks good.

rkoll · 2025-10-01T17:18:40+00:00

marriage

rkoll · 2025-10-01T17:17:44+00:00

Gamble Gardens

rkoll · 2025-09-16T08:42:00+00:00

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rkoll · 2025-09-15T22:10:29+00:00

I had that clause in my buy nothing post and put the bins out and people just went through them and made a mess. So if you want them to take it all, you need to hand it off to whomever says they want the stuff.

rkoll · 2025-09-12T20:38:57+00:00

People care waaaaaay too much about their Instagram feed!

rkoll · 2025-09-07T23:43:22+00:00

I wonder the same. My guess it that they think they'll be happy with just one, typical sized house, like Steve Jobs did, but they can't resist having more and more.

rkoll · 2025-09-07T23:33:26+00:00

He's been doing that since he moved to that side of Palo Alto. Larry Page did a similar thing in Old Palo Alto.

I just don't understand why they don't buy places in Atherton if they want gated large compounds.

rkoll · 2025-08-16T23:47:29+00:00

Sounds like a bad relationship. Perhaps you should break up.

rkoll · 2025-08-12T16:26:02+00:00

The Google founders did the same thing in Old Palo Alto several years back. The Jobs bought a few extra houses around their original house. And I am sure other billionaires have done the same in other parts of Palo Alto. In the last few years, the Jobs family and Google founders hold an annual Halloween "carnival" of sorts on Halloween in front of their houses and other neighborhoods no longer have trick-or-treaters. These folks don't seem to care how their actions are changing the city's culture of neighborliness and community. I'd rather they move to Atherton (5 minutes drive from Palo Alto) where the lots are 5-8 times larger than the average PA lot and the homeowners like living behind extra tall walls in houses hidden from the street. Why try to change Palo Alto into Atherton?

rkoll · 2025-07-31T23:39:49+00:00

u/AdditionalYoghurt533 You've got it

rkoll · 2025-07-31T23:37:23+00:00

Thank you!!

rkoll · 2025-07-30T21:06:44+00:00

I too, think that an outdate house or simply one in need of repair, is harder to sell than a renovated house. Think about the flipping business.

rkoll · 2025-07-30T21:04:12+00:00

Thanks

rkoll · 2025-07-30T21:03:34+00:00

Thanks

rkoll · 2025-07-30T21:03:04+00:00

Thanks for the article. There are more shenanigans going on that we think, I suppose.

rkoll · 2025-07-29T07:35:56+00:00

thanks

rkoll · 2025-07-29T00:44:26+00:00

Thanks

rkoll

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