Buy home in Newark or UC ?

May 24, 2019 17 Comments

I’m looking at two homes ( 1 in UC and other in Newark) both are beautiful single family homes . Here are pros and cons for each

1. UC home is in top elementary school district , safe community walkable to union landing and a bit closer to SF for commute .
Cons : the house is slightly smaller ( 1900 sq ft) and my friends give me weird looks when I say a bought a house in UC.

2.Newark home is bigger 2000 sq ft , 50 K lesser than UC home, safer community and lots of FB crowd . Cons: really shit schools .

Commute wise not much of a diff for me and my spouse as both are 2-3 miles away from each other

Please advice what’s better longer term (5-7 years )

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  • Cisco / QA
    CyberDemon

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    CyberDemon
    fuck weird looks.
    May 24, 2019 1
  • Microsoft
    Chad TCock

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    Chad TCock
    Newark and UC are the new candidates for waste management when Milpitas overflows. Good luck.
    May 24, 2019 1
  • New / Eng
    doNeedful

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    doNeedful
    Are "not good public schools" here in norcal really really bad? Is it comparable to like schools in south central LA or New Jersey's Camden? I cant imagine the kids getting too out of hands surrounded by a bunch of engineers offsprings. I grew up in westminster and attended a 4/10 rated high school fill with 90 gangbangs and did pretty okay.
    May 24, 2019 0
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    pk2403

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    pk2403
    Define what’s long term for you first before you decide. If you plan to have kids who will be sent to public school in 5 yrs go for UC or else decide based on cost, commute etc.
    May 24, 2019 0
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    jay10

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    jay10
    Those 1800-1900 sqft houses in UC are going 50k-100K over list prices sometimes. Ultimately good elementary school will lead to a good high school over 5-10 years.
    May 25, 2019 1