72 responses

The Bay Area: where I'd live, averaged

Would you live in each city? Every city is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

Jurisdiction boundaries from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
AlamedaAlbanyAmerican CanyonAntiochAthertonBelmontBelvedereBeniciaBerkeleyBrentwoodBrisbaneBurlingameCalistogaCampbellClaytonCloverdaleColmaConcordCorte MaderaCotatiCupertinoDaly CityDanvilleDixonDublinEast Palo AltoEl CerritoEmeryvilleFairfaxFairfieldFoster CityFremontGilroyHalf Moon BayHaywardHealdsburgHerculesHillsboroughLafayetteLarkspurLivermoreLos AltosLos Altos HillsLos GatosMartinezMenlo ParkMill ValleyMillbraeMilpitasMonte SerenoMoragaMorgan HillMountain ViewNapaNewarkNovatoOaklandOakleyOrindaPacificaPalo AltoPetalumaPiedmontPinolePittsburgPleasant HillPleasantonPortola ValleyRedwood CityRichmondRio VistaRohnert ParkRossSaint HelenaSan AnselmoSan BrunoSan CarlosSan FranciscoSan JoseSan LeandroSan MateoSan PabloSan RafaelSan RamonSanta ClaraSanta RosaSaratogaSausalitoSebastopolSonomaSouth San FranciscoSuisun CitySunnyvaleTiburonUnincorporated Alameda CountyUnincorporated Contra Costa CountyUnincorporated Marin CountyUnincorporated Napa CountyUnincorporated San Mateo CountyUnincorporated Santa Clara CountyUnincorporated Solano CountyUnincorporated Sonoma CountyUnion CityVacavilleVallejoWalnut CreekWindsorWoodsideYountville
  1. Never
  2. Probably not
  3. Maybe
  4. Yes
  5. Absolutely
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01San Francisco3.89
  2. 02Berkeley3.45
  3. 03Sausalito3.12
  4. 04Half Moon Bay3.08
  5. 05San Rafael3.07
  6. 06Pacifica3.00
  7. 07Tiburon3.00
  8. 08Oakland2.98
  9. 09Larkspur2.95
  10. 10Palo Alto2.90
  11. 11Mill Valley2.86
  12. 12Daly City2.83
  13. 13Unincorporated Marin County2.83
  14. 14San Jose2.80
  15. 15Burlingame2.80
  16. 16Corte Madera2.77
  17. 17Belvedere2.77
  18. 18San Mateo2.74
  19. 19Alameda2.74
  20. 20Santa Rosa2.73
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. Palo Alto33% agreed
  2. Oakland29% agreed
  3. Atherton45% agreed
  4. Mill Valley34% agreed
  5. Sausalito28% agreed
  6. Half Moon Bay28% agreed
  7. Tiburon30% agreed
  8. Corte Madera36% agreed
  9. Berkeley36% agreed
  10. Unincorporated Marin County33% agreed