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dunnross says

gary275 says

Fremont is a great and desirable city to raise family. Always rates among the top cities in the country to raise a family.

What's so good about it?

1. Sitting right on top of a major earthquake fault, which is guaranteed to rip in the next 20 years.
So is the whole of peninsula and most other areas in bay area are either built on faults or on reclaimed land
2. Has no usable down-town area.-agreed , its a city for raising family-got great multicultural scene

3. Lowest quality of air in all of bay area.
not the lowest-better than san jose
4. Hardly any vegetation. wrong-plenty of areas with vegetation and trails for hiking and a great lake

5. Cultural wasteland.-you think so? Maybe you should look up a dictionary for that

6. Very few people know how to speak English.

wrong

How can any place in the Bay Area be a great place to raise a family?

realitycheck says

I am pre-approved for 600K but I don't want to buy overpriced junk just because I can buy. I want to stay under 500K and I want a decent SFHouse in any school area other than Kennedy high!

Do I have hope or should I give up.

Hang in there.

Supply is way low right now because all of the properties that would be on the market as short sales and foreclosures are still tied up in loan-mod limbo.

But as mods are slowing, we're starting to see more failed/rejected mods getting foreclosed on.
http://www.dsnews.com/articles/foreclosure-sales-outpace-modifications-for-january-2012-03-05

Inventory will probably be tight for a while, but there is more supply coming eventually.

69Charger says

Why buy today?

I didn't say to. And I'm a real estate agent.

realitycheck says

Do I have hope or should I give up.

be patient.

wait a year or two if you can and you'll be more likely to find a house you like. each year for the last 6 years it's been getting better for buyers. i don't see any reason to believe this trend will change this year.

gregpfielding says

Supply is way low right now because all of the properties that would be on the market as short sales and foreclosures are still tied up in loan-mod limbo.

But as mods are slowing, we're starting to see more failed/rejected mods getting foreclosed on.

This is true. My neighbor who has been living rent free for 2 years just got a foreclosure notice the other day.

gary275 says

wrong

That's a very convincing counter-argument.

pkowen says

gary275 says

wrong

That's a very convincing counter-argument.

I ve gotten by without speaking anything other than english so I dont know where he is coming with "hardly anyone speaks english" comment. But its hard to change someone's perception about a place or people for that matter no matter what you say or do-reminds me of my dad LOL

gary275 says

4. Hardly any vegetation. wrong-plenty of areas with vegetation and trails for hiking and a great lake

You be the judge:

This is what a lake looks like:

This is what a lake in Fremont looks like:

dunnross says

1. Sitting right on top of a major earthquake fault, which is guaranteed to rip in the next 20 years.
2. Has no usable down-town area.
3. Lowest quality of air in all of bay area.
4. Hardly any vegetation.
5. Cultural wasteland.

All this is true.

What is also true is an attitude of many buyers that standardized testing like Gaokao is the make-it-or-break-it, fate-of-the-world, fate-of-the-lifetime assessment. If access to high-API K-12 in places in The Fortress is not attainable, Mission San Jose is the next best thing. In that case your 1-5 are irrelevant, except where #2, #4 and #5 minimize some distractions from hitting the books.