Living In San Jose California - Pros & Cons

What is your favorite thing about San Jose?

San Jose has incredible energy and I love it on my visit and want to live there. I love it there!

Great video Sam! Thank you

I live in San Jose and was ready to be disappointed by the video, but you did a fantastic job describing San Jose factually as opposed to the biases see and hear about one neighborhood vs another. You've covered all bases incredibly well. Job well done!

Now that was very informative Thank you I appreciate your efforts

I love your take and passion for San Jose, and I agree with most of the pros and cons. I was born and raised in SJ, and yes, it's super expensive to live here, but San Jose is quite unique and worth the cost of living if you can make it work. I know you mentioned the different foods SJ offers, but I would say that a huge pro in San Jose is the variety of Mexican food it has to offer (many great restaurants and food trucks). If you need any recommendations, feel free to ask! Great video!

Awesome Video Man. Appreaciate it. Found it quite helpful. I am about to move to San Jose for 3 months for my summer internship. Will be living up north near the Levi's stadium. How living life up in north like ?

Nice, thanks for the information about San Jose

The food is amazing. The weather is outstanding, if not a bit "boring." Proximity to beaches, the Central Coast, the mountains, etc. is perfect. Crime, vagrancy (homeless) and dirty streets unfortunately outweigh those pros. I'm not sure there are any actually "safe" neighborhoods anymore. Ours used to be, but the sidewalks are blocked with tents and the streets are clogged with derelict RVs. Parking anywhere other than your garage is asking for your window to be broken and your catalytic converter to be taken. The trails you mentioned now have homeless blocking them. I remember teaching my kids to ride bikes on those trails when they were clean. It's really a shame.

About to move to San Jose this was really informative. Thanks!

Safety starts with not getting rubbed and killed on the street…. I think we can all agree on that

Long time resident (45 years), I found the BEST custard filled long john at Peters Bakery (Alum Rock and White) ever! They cut the long john in half, take it the back, and lather on the custard. WOW. You're welcome!

Nice video ! I live in Modesto, have been to San Jose a couple times, visited the Egyptian museum - really liked the area. I’ve heard there’s a big Russian community in San Jose (I’m Russian), but haven’t researched it yet:)

It looks amazing 😻 😻🥰

Born and raised in San Jose and live in the heart of JAPAN town where I lived for roughly 10 years on the 3rd floor of the white building as shown at 3:57, as for the Food there in JAPAN town it's no where close to what it used to be, Long gone is Ginza which was a few doors down from where I lived and the other way just before 4th street was NOBOs there the cook many times would cook me special meals, sad to say these 2 restaurants are long gone. On 6th street I think Okayama Gardens is still there but the food is not as good as it used to be. Santos Market on 6th and Taylor street will have one of the BEST HAWAIIAN POKI BOWLS around, I think the POKI there is on par or better than what I have had in HAWAII. On another note: I was there and saw the fall of the farms and orchards only to see the rise of SILICON Valley, out door activities the best for me was riding my bicycle over the GAP, HWY 9 from Saratoga to Santa Cruz or over Mt Hamilton then drop into Sunol, we also used to head north to the Palo Alto area then over the hill to the coast and catch the tail wind all the way down to Santa Cruz, then over 9 for the ride back into the Pit! Sorry to say, we've been calling San Jose the PIT for well over 40 years. Just my 2 cents.

I was about to visit, but I just changed my mind.

I lived in San Jose from 1977 to 1980. Graduated from San Jose State University.

I saw a sign at 2:17 that says City of Westminster. Westminster is definitely in SoCal.

House of Pizza is San Jose to me. Best pizza I ever had.

I am coming to San Jose for university next year and I am from the UK. Is there anything you recommend me to do or think about before I come? Thanks