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[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=14508.msg155457#msg155457 date=1454532962]
*whispers*

I actually find Berkeley to be more interesting than Palo Alto and would rather live there, everything else being equal.

In real life, UC-B.erkeley is extremely high on the list of institutions of higher education that I admire, I have great professional contacts there, the city is interesting and rather fun, and most grads from that place that I know are top notch.

In sports-internet life B.erkeley is is the spawn of the devil, filled with massively underperforming teams, home to sniveling weenies and I revel in their angst over our success.
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Bingo!

And WIM is also potentially right, depending on age.  If I were a 20-something unmarried recent grad, I'd rather live in Berkeley than Palo Alto.  With a young family, Palo Alto is probably a nicer (and safer) place to be.  Once you have kids in high school, I would vote neither.  Berkeley High is meh (literally, it rank as a 5/10; http://school-ratings.com/school_details...77.html).  On the other hand, the pressure and lack of diversity at Paly and/or Gunn would make them less attractive for me to send my kids.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=14508.msg155457#msg155457 date=1454532962]
*whispers*

I actually find Berkeley to be more interesting than Palo Alto and would rather live there, everything else being equal.

In real life, UC-B.erkeley is extremely high on the list of institutions of higher education that I admire, I have great professional contacts there, the city is interesting and rather fun, and most grads from that place that I know are top notch.

In sports-internet life B.erkeley is is the spawn of the devil, filled with massively underperforming teams, home to sniveling weenies and I revel in their angst over our success.
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Bingo!

And WIM is also potentially right, depending on age.  If I were a 20-something unmarried recent grad, I'd rather live in Berkeley than Palo Alto.  With a young family, Palo Alto is probably a nicer (and safer) place to be.  Once you have kids in high school, I would vote neither.  Berkeley High is meh (literally, it rank as a 5/10; http://school-ratings.com/school_details...77.html).  On the other hand, the pressure and lack of diversity at Paly and/or Gunn would make them less attractive for me to send my kids.

BC