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Have 2 separate friends that have lived in Seattle, they say the weather is depressing so it's interesting it made #15.

Isn't Fremont even more expensive than Irvine?
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Have 2 separate friends that have lived in Seattle, they say the weather is depressing so it's interesting it made #15.

Isn't Fremont even more expensive than Irvine?
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I don't think Fremont is more expensive than Irvine. And Fremont is quite a bit cheaper than the Santa Clara County cities to the south, but commuting to San Jose for work is a pain though.
 
CalBears96 said:
I don't think Fremont is more expensive than Irvine. And Fremont is quite a bit cheaper than the Santa Clara County cities to the south, but commuting to San Jose for work is a pain though.
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Slightly more expensive. Per Gemini:
  • Fremont (Q1 2026): Recent median price per square foot ranges between $850 and $926.
  • Irvine (Q1 2026): Recent median price per square foot ranges between $810 and $832.
Fremont has the #1 high school in CA, Mission San Jose.they dropped football years ago but made a crazy run to a CCS hoops championship this year. It’s so competitive academically it has its own real estate market compared to the other high schools. Fremont for Indians is like Irvine for Chinese - Hindu temples, cricket fields, Indian stores/restaurants - center of Indian culture in the Bay Area.
 
Thanks @OCtoSV. I think I remember you saying that there are several NorCal areas that are as or even more expensive than Irvine. All that Silicon Valley money.

I remember Los Gatos being nice in an OC way.
 
Los Gatos is like Newport - where the white people (mostly) live. One of my best friends I made living up there is a local, played QB at LGHS and bought his parent’s single level 4 br pad with a yard and pool
In the early 90s in a very sweet prop 13 deal. Lots of those kinds of owners in LG. Saratoga and Los Altos and Cupertino are where Asian ballers want to be. Some parts of Sunnyvale. Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Hillsborough, Portola Valley are rarified. And we haven’t even touched on stupidity rich Marin County towns like Belvedere or Ross.
 
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