Pros and Cons of living in Santa Clara. Curious what living in Santa Clara is like? Santa Clara features a population of around 130,000 residents and is located in the center of Santa Clara County. A large tech center, Santa Clara is home to a number of top tech firms like Intel, Nvidia, and Applied Materials. Santa Clara has some great benefits for families such as family-friendly neighborhoods, good private and public schools, and fun entertainment options for all ages.
Before you jump right in there are a couple of things you should know before you buy a home in Santa Clara. In this video, I go over some of the Pros and Cons of living in Santa Clara
Pros:
- Housing diversity
- Homes in Santa Clara are more affordable than homes in the west, such as Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and Mountain View
- Living in Santa Clara is convenient and is centrally located with good highway access
- Santa Clara Schools are generally in good proximity to the homes inside their enrollment boundaries
- Assortment of restaurants with cuisines from all over the world
- There are close to 40 parks in the city of Santa Clara
- Santa Clara has three libraries
- Santa Clara has its own private power company, Silicon Valley Power, which produces electricity for all its residents
- Santa Clara features Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center and Medical Offices, which is one of the largest hospitals in the South Bay
- Santa Clara has close proximity to San Jose International Airport, SFO, and Oakland International Airports
- Levi’s Stadium
- Great America
- Senior Center
- Santa Clara University
- The city of Santa Clara hosts an assortment of events
Both Pro & Con (depending on how you see it):
- A large number of contemporary townhomes and condos
- There are lots of different areas and neighborhoods in Santa Clara
Cons:
- 65% of all Santa Clara single-family homes were built in the 1950s and ’60s - not many new ones
- Some housing in Santa Clara is more expensive and older than the Santa Clara homes to the East
- No Trader Joe's
- No downtown
- City lack consistency
- Besides the San Tomas Creek Trail, there are not a lot of Walking or Biking Trails
- Located in the flat part of Silicon Valley
- There are some FEMA-designated flood zones in Santa Clara that will require you to carry flood insurance
- No major Golf Courses in Santa Clara
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Pros & Cons of Living in Santa Clara
01:07 Pro - Housing Diversity
01:28 Con - Vast Majority 50's & 60's Tract Homes
01:54 Con - Not Many New Sigle-Family Homes/Large Homes
02:35 Con - Santa Clara Homes are Expensive
03:17 Pro - More Affordable Homes than Homes to the West
03:44 Con - More Expensive & Older Homes than Homes to the East
04:40 Santa Clara Zipcodes
05:18 Rivermark Community - Unique Developments
05:35 Con - Rivermark Surrounding Area is not Consistent in its Makeup
06:04 Pro or Con - Townhomes and Condos Developments
06:21 Pro - Living in Santa Clara is Convenient
06:57 Pro - Santa Clara is Centrally Located/Has good Highway Access
07:55 Pro - Schools
09:50 Pro - Shopping
10:13 Con - No Trader Joe's
11:13 Looking for a Scenic Tour of the Peninsula?
11:26 Santa Clara's Newest Biggest Development
11:42 Pro - Restaurants
12:30 Con - Lack of Central Downtown
13:36 Pro - Parks
14:48 Pro - Libraries
15:16 Pro or Con - Neighborhoods
16:27 More Pros
18:33 More Cons
19:35 Outro
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