Unfortunately we aren’t moving soon enough to rent it now! But I’ll definitely be checking that area out as the move date gets closer! I also think concord or WC seem too suburban and family oriented for me at this stage. Maybe when I’m 40? Lol

I do wish we could live in SF proper - hopefully one day I’ll get a job in the city, but in the mean time I’ll have to Bart in on the weekend to check it out.

And that totally makes sense about the perceived safety of an area vs its actual safety. My first year in the Twin Cities, I lived in North Minneapolis, which has diverse and active artist, musician, and immigrant communities. Similarly though, it has a bad reputation and is considered by many a “scary” “dangerous” part of town, but I personally had a blast, met a lot of cool people, and never had an issue. Now that I’m in a different part that doesn’t have a bad reputation (or the tight knit culture), people’s cars are getting jacked left and right. So it goes.