now you can pay $2-$3M for a house to live in all of this. 
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Nobody pays 3M to live in that part of San Jose. Itâs very close to San Jose state though. Has always been a dump.
The good part of downtown San Jose is on the West side of First st. Itâs where you find the San Pedro square and where Google is building its campus. Going East from 1st you get more and more ghetto.
Yes this part of San Jose is not cheap either. Homes are going for 2M which is borderline insanity.
Have you visited recently. This area is also full of homeless and tents. Every intersection and freeway exit has a homeless camp.
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There are other cities in the world where SFH prices are much higher and you will get even more poverty and homelessness surrounding you everywhere you turn - I.e., few wealthy and many poor live side-by-side. San Jose and Bay Area is just becoming more like 3rd world in wealth inequality,
900K to 1.25M range, and some closer to 2M. Not small.
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/229-E-St-John-St-95112/home/1108849
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/98-S-12th-St-95112/home/175834755
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/274-S-15th-St-95112/home/1849591
Most of the middle class people who live in SFBA and outside worry about simple things:
- Are there good schools in the neighborhood.
- Is commute going to be simple?
- Do they have to spend dawn to dusk in office and barely get to see sunlight.
- Are they able to spend some quality time with children and spouse.
5.Will they save enough for retirement and rainy days. - Will they have the job next year.
As expected Newsom cruised to an easy win. He should probably send a thank-you card to Abbott.
And because Newsom blew the Recall out of water, he will be a sure-win in next yearâs General. Nobody from the left will come out to primary Newsom. Double thank-you to Abbott, and DeSantis.
Lol thatâs true but shouldnât there be a better candidate from dem side in next yr election?
I think Newsom is unstoppable now. He just âwonâ an election, and itâs hard for anyone on the left to jump out and say they can do a better job a few months later. Especially if itâs some crazy wide margin like 20+ points.
I have a pet theory that the new Right will emerge from CA. Woke-ism is at its worst extreme here, and the recoil will probably come out from here. But it canât be the current Nazi-wannabe anti-democracy anti-science cult that the current GOP has sadly turned into. Itâs hard to believe but Boris Johnson over in UK is actually from the Conservative Party. If he were to run here Johnson would be labeled a liberal.
The YIMBY people are what the new Right may be like. Not climate deniers, not anti-vaxx, and embracing market solutions to tackle tricky problems. For Godâs sake they want to deregulate. Used to be the core belief of GOP before it caught its terminal cancer aka Trumpism.
The center of gravity of America is shifting towards historically red states. Besides Florida and Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina that are attracting business and population from California and other blue states.
The study of history reveals that in the period just before the termination, the state and the kingdoms in decline generally have very weak pool of people who can rule the state. That is what is wrong with CA. The problem is not that Newsom is weak. The problem is that CA has a very poor pool (or bench) of leaders that the best it can offer is Newsom. A weak ruler ruling a weak state (or a blind leading the blinds).
saw this comment posted by someone
The problem with Republicans is they seem unable to see that a candidate who might get elected in a heartbeat in Oklahoma or Tennessee will most likely be resoundingly rejected in California and wishful thinking wonât change that. The Republican party made a huge mistake in not endorsing Faulconer. I really think there is a huge chunk of republicans who just cannot fathom that everyone isnât super excited about ideas like lowering taxes on millionaires and corporations, banning all abortion, cutting medicaid, repealing the ACA, and ending most regulation of business. In their minds, opposition to these ideas comes only from uneducated, ignorant people who probably shouldnât even be allowed to vote. They really have come to buy rhetoric like â6,000,000 illegals voted in the last electionâ.
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GOP is stuck at a local maxima. They canât leave the crazies who form their hard-core base, and so they canât appeal to middle of the road normies like you and me.
To be reborn it first has to die. It will take many years.
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never saw a politics explanation with gradient descent optimization algorithm 
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Jerry Brown could reign in the crazy progressives. Newsom panders to them. If he keeps taking their path we will become a failed state. No one will want to be an employer or landlord. No one will pay taxes. Healthcare workers teachers and cops will all quit. We will become a lawless third world shithole run by gangs and mafia. Basically Mexico
I am no fan of Newsom. But you asked to me vote for a Trump minion? Hello?
If Arnold were to run again Iâd vote for him in a heartbeat. Iâd probably vote for the Rock too.
I voted for My Kevin Kiley. Elder is a clown but not Trump. But he was misrepresented by the Newsom hit squad. Unfortunately decent Republicans are caught in the crossfire. Maybe a moderate sane Democrat can emerge. But California is drowning in Wokeness.
âRepublicans had hoped for a resurgence in California through the recall, but it now looks like they have strengthened Gov. Gavin Newsomâs hand for 2022 â and possibly even given him a better launching pad for his potential White House ambitions.
Newsomâs âstop the recallâ campaign raised more than $71 million, a stunning figure that completely overwhelmed all of his GOP rivals. A Newsom campaign source says the Democratic governor will wake up Wednesday morning with $24 million of cash on hand for his re-election and an âonline armyâ of volunteers that he can reconnect with as his future unfolds.â
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