COMMENT BY
crintigger from Orinda, CA
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Orinda, CA
COMMENT
It doesn't get any better than this...for safety,
Orinda is an extremely safe, quiet, bucolic place to live. The schools are incredible, parent participation is maximal. It's close to everything and yet has a feeling of being far away from the congestion. BART to San Francisco in a few stops. Drive over the Bay Bridge to San Francisco on a lazy Sunday in 20 minutes. 30 minutes from Sausalito and North Bay. Less than 10 minutes to Berkeley and Oakland, where there are a ton of cheap, excellent restaurants (dinner for $10-15!) Close to parks, Napa, easy access to the mountains. The climate is mild, but warm enough for a swimming pool in the summer.
What's not to like? The big pieces of property mean that neighbors sometimes don't know each other. I grew up in the Midwest and miss that closeness.