6.5 out of 10

Auto Mall Pkwy, Baylands

Ranked 1st best street in Baylands
37.5022310040162 -121.979382879892
Great for
  • Shopping Options
  • Safe & Sound
  • Clean & Green
  • Cost of Living
  • Neighborly Spirit
Not great for
  • Lack of Traffic
  • Peace & Quiet
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Who lives here?
  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Singles
  • Retirees
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Reviews

3/5 rating details
  • Neighborly Spirit 3/5
  • Safe & Sound 4/5
  • Clean & Green 3/5
  • Peace & Quiet 2/5
  • Shopping Options 4/5
  • Lack of Traffic 2/5
  • Cost of Living 3/5
2yrs+

"You'll probably drive on it someday..."

...if you are transferring from 680 to 880, or vice versa. This is very main draggy, shopping plaza oriented with its fair share of gas stations and red lights. It IS easy to get to and offers Fremont some shopping outlets, but by no means is this a place to visit. It is worlds away from the California and Bay Area charm offered further west on the Peninsula and east in the Foothills.

There are some residences nearby and a trailer park right on this main drag, for what it's worth. Given the proximity to two major interstates, this is pretty much guaranteed to be traffic central. I wouldn't call it the worst place in the planet, but there are certainly better spots in the Bay Area.

If you live in Fremont, you can come here to shop. Or you can go somewhere cooler.
Pros
  • Relatively easy to get to
  • Shopping options
  • Cheaper real estate
Cons
  • Strip mall central
  • Morning and evening traffic
Recommended for
  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
3/5
2yrs+

"Claim Jumper's BBQ"

I love Claim Jumpers food. It’s the best. They have huge portions and the best BBQ and garlic mashed potatoes. You will stuff yourself here. The service is good and it’s a family restaurant. If you have room they have great deserts too. Recommend the bar b que ribs and potatoes or the hot wings.

There is an in-n-out burger not to far away which has a great local rep and the food is good but for a sit down meal still recommend Claim Jumpers. Ther are also Cost co and Lowe’s for all the basic home needs so you could shop then go have a meal or vice versa.
Recommended for
  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
5/5
2yrs+

"Variety, Location, and Convenience"

This is the street that old-timers called Durham Road. Nowadays the Auto Mall / Grimmer zone is your entryway to the most newly built part of Fremont, which is primarily commercial. This area includes a Costco, upscale restaurant chains including a Claim Jumper's and a P. F. Chang, along with every imaginable chain outlet, ranging from In-N-Out Burgers and Wendy's to Lowe's to Fry's Electronics. If you can mention it, it's probably here. This is also where the Oakland A's stadium is planned to be built.

There is also a mobile home park called Southlake, the only mobile home park in Fremont, along with Durham Greens, a wonderful development with nearly endless amenities, right across from it. One relative calls this the most complete housing complex in Fremont, for you can get any kind of housing configuration at Durham Greens.

There is a complete Fire Department training center a block from Durham Greens, so EMTs and fire personnel are readily available.

Last but not least, this street also offers easy access to Fremont's two Interstate freeways, 680 and 880.
Recommended for
  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees

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