Best cities in San Mateo County
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Ranked 1st best city in San Mateo County
"City of Good Living"
- Christoferk
We have lived in San Carlos for almost two years now and love the location! The Caltrain is walking distance to city center and is a major stop on the Caltrain route (so tons of timing options). Not o...
Ranked 2nd best city in San Mateo County
"$$$ The 1% $$$"
- bayareabound
Simply put, Hillsborough is one of the wealthiest cities in America. In relation, it also has the highest income of places in all of America. It is truly the 1% at work. Maybe even the .1%. Locati...
Ranked 3rd best city in San Mateo County
"Safe community and very ideal distance to tech companies. N..."
- neds
Dont let the lower level school ratings scare you away! There are wonderful private schools that the neighbors send their little ones to. Its impressive how much comfort and space you can get for the...
Ranked 4th best city in San Mateo County
"Heaven Can Wait If You Live Here"
- DirtyHarry
Woodsy Woodside is basically the bucolic version of Hillsborough. If you are a Ronald Reagan style cowboy—you know, the kind who likes to ride horses and play cowboy, but definitely does not pay taxe...
Ranked 5th best city in San Mateo County
"The Real Redwood City"
- DirtyHarry
Portola Valley is even more woodsy than Woodside, and definitely has a higher percentage of redwoods than Redwood City. The feel of the area is a lot more like places near Santa Cruz than places near...
Ranked 6th best city in San Mateo County
"Very Nice Upper Middle-Class City"
- DirtyHarry
Belmont is the upper middle class community just to the southwest of Foster City.
At Belmont’s heart there is a fairly vibrant commercial area where stores like Sandal World mix in with old bunker...
Ranked 7th best city in San Mateo County
"Beautiful residential quarters and startup business hub"
- bayareabound
One of the most vibrant and affluent cities along the San Francisco peninsula, Menlo Park is your best bet. It’s one of those communities that oozes upper middle-class aesthetics and beautiful baysid...
Ranked 8th best city in San Mateo County
"Beautiful Homes, Great Food and Pez"
- NikkiDKatt
So when I think of Burlingame, the first thing that comes to mind is auto dealerships because that’s what you used to see and hear about in relation to Burlingame for the longest time. These days you...
Ranked 9th best city in San Mateo County
"A Little Grove of Tech Millionaires"
- DirtyHarry
Atherton, just to northwest of Menlo Park, is yet another refuge for the fabulously wealthy. The median home price here is about $4.5 million. Finding a home beneath the $1 million mark is fairly dif...
Ranked 10th best city in San Mateo County
"Forbes’ 2009 America’s Top 25 Towns to Live Well"
- bayareabound
Foster City is an affluent bayside city with a metropolitan feel. Its located on the eastern edge of the San Francisco peninsula (and the San Mateo County), almost half way between San Francisco and...
Ranked 11th best city in San Mateo County
"Great Little Giant of the South Bay"
- NikkiDKatt
San Mateo is a pretty big city (almost 100,000 residents) along the peninsula. It is roughly positioned between SF and Silicon Valley (closer to Silicon Valley) which makes it a perfect location for...
Ranked 12th best city in San Mateo County
"A Sleepy Secret"
- NikkiDKatt
Daly City, in case you aren’t familiar with SF, is the city just to the south of SF on the southwestern end by where SF State is. I used to associate it with high crime when I was growing up, but I u...
Ranked 13th best city in San Mateo County
"Bluffs and Breakers"
- NikkiDKatt
North of Pacifica and west of the San Bruno mountains, Broadmoor is a fairly upscale area with sea views on its Pacific shoulder.
Because of the look of the neighborhoods and homes in this area,...
Ranked 14th best city in San Mateo County
"Good Middle Class City"
- NikkiDKatt
Located just to the southwest of SFO, Millbrae is a solidly upper middle class neighborhood. It is not as hoity-toity as Burlingame or as expensive, nor does Millbrae have that much going on in terms...
Ranked 15th best city in San Mateo County
"A Secret Little Seaside Town"
- NikkiDKatt
Brisbane is a tiny little city along the west shore of SF Bay just to the north of South San Francisco and SFO. It has a real port town sort of a feel to it, with hilly views of the water. The whole...
Ranked 16th best city in San Mateo County
"Great location with bayside home prices"
- bayareabound
Once a well-recognized port for lumber and goods, Redwood City has evolved to a well to do middle-class community with quaint, bayside views. It’s located on the San Francisco peninsula, and one of t...
Ranked 17th best city in San Mateo County
"The peninsulas bayside coal room"
- bayareabound
Located between Daly City and San Bruno, South San Francisco is rightly called the “Industrial City.” It’s acres of industrial commerce, retail stores, transportation and warehousing prove to be the...
Ranked 18th best city in San Mateo County
"Invest here, and live somewhere else"
- StephSF
While the city is a far cry from where it was fifteen years ago when murders ran rampant, one could argue that it still has a long way to go. Drive through this town at any time of day and you are lik...
