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| Hard to find reasonable properties without breakin - 6/9/2009
Very hard to find reasonably priced detached single family (2 level) homes in Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon. In my opinion too much of the available housing have HOA's attached to them, making it more expensive still!
Some of the HOA's are a little more worth-while though, offering decent facilities like Swimming Pools and Gym's. Guess it all depends on your budget and what you're looking for.
If you want a Townhouse or Condo then this is the place for you, as they are being built at an alarming rate. If you have kids and want a garden, then you might struggle unless you want a Ranch style property, or you have deep pockets.
Schools in Dublin are apparently very good and the Recreation facilities here are great.
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| A burgeoning community - 8/3/2008
Dublin is city in the "tri-valley area" of Northern California (Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore) across the bay from San Francisco. It's a developing city, with a lot construction, residential and commercial, taking place on the eastern periphery, where there is an abundance of flat, rolling countryside that is home to deer, coyote and jack rabbit.
The winter weather is typical of Northern California, with the temperature rarely dropping below freezing. However, it is quite warm here in the summer with the mean temperature in July around 90, often getting into the high 90's. Two years ago, the temperature rose to 114, probably a record, but the heat is offset by a strong westerly wind, which makes it very pleasant when the temperature is around 80, which it often is. The cost of living is quite high, however, as it is in most parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. We get virtually no rain during the summer and fall, but it does rain a fair amount in the winter and spring.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train runs from San Francisco to Dublin (about a 45-minute trip) and to other parts of the Bay Area, which is convenient for commuting, especially if you live in Dublin and work in San Francisco. I should mention that the Santa Rita Jail (for Alameda County) is located here, but that does not seem to have affected the security of the community, as there are virtually no homeless in Dublin and the crime rate is quite low by national standards.
If you've got the money, this is an attractive place to live.[read more...]
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| Expensive, but a great place to live - 7/5/2006
Now that I'm staying home with our baby, we are moving so that we can buy a house. The housing costs are outrageous here. I would have to go back to work, and even then we could only buy a townhouse here. Other than that, it's a great place to live.[read more...]
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| Dublin Ca - 8/12/2005
Dublin, California is a nice, quiet little town in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is growing at an amazing pace, with real estate prices sky rocketing. It is a great area to raise kids, with many nice parks and close to zoos and nature areas.[read more...]
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