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Worst: people that would be middle class anywhere else in the US are lower class here. Cheap, small houses are in the $400k range. Even now, during a serious housing problem, the median house price is about $540,000, and in my neighborhood it's closer to $670-680k. The new house across the street is in the $1.4 range. Don't get me wrong, it's nice having a small fortune locked up in my house, but it makes starting out here damned near impossible. Most of my high school friends are either in LA or Sacramento.
Best: San Jose statistically has some of the healthiest women in the US. This means that your average gym in San Jose has 5x the normal "hot gym girls" as anywhere else I've ever been (this is a best for me personally). Moreover, because of our perfect proximity to Santa Cruz we're shielded from the bad weather of the beach, but we're still within short driving distance from the good weather (and everything else) of the beach. Oh, and also there's are nice little pockets of culture all over the place. You've got several great museums downtown, little China, little Poland, little Italy, little Manila (look for it, you'll find it eventually), tea gardens, parks... and here's the kicker: they're actually busy.
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