I lived there for a bit. It was crowded, filthy, and expensive. Traffic was so awful that going anywhere felt like a hassle. Wonderful climate, amazing natural beauty, absolutely terrible place to live.

Currently live in that hellish valley on the far right. Ive lived in berkeley, sf and stockton and if you like stuck up assholes then the bay is right for you. But its got a kind of community and theres lots to do (compared to Stockton) and really the bay isnt too bad if you can get used to it. The transportation is pretty cool even if most people hate it and rightfully so.
North bay is really nice. Go there. Stay in sonoma.
Personally I stay in Stockton because it has some weird charm to it that may only be described as Stockholm syndrome

>>83093148
I'm from Watsonville, last town at the bottom, but I moved to Canada. Nice town, very Mexican, beautiful farmland with delicious strawberries, but takes ages to drive to any larger city such as San Jose. I plan to get a quiet place out in the valley there when I can afford the billions for a house. I also dearly miss the beach towns in Santa Cruz such as Capitola.

>>83093169
Very hot women too :)

Three (3) hours of my life spent in oakland. It was enough to get robbed