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Well the biggest blow to me this week was learning that one of our neighbors is putting their house on the market in the next couple weeks. Their children spend a lot of time with our kids and my children are very upset, naturally, as am I.
I took some time to talk to them to discover that part of the reason they are leaving is due to the build up of Santa Clara. They are upset by all the building going on around our little neighborhood. Lawarence / El Camino with over 2000 units, the Fairfield Residential with 806 units – it’s enough to scare off anyone. I myself feel like leaving. It’s not as though Santa Clara has a lot to offer, after all let’s look at what it has to offer ,,,,
Schools? hmmm not really – well yes, Milliken sure it’s good, actually great, but you have to apply for it and wait in line and pray you get it. Go to greatschools.com and check out the rest of the Santa Clara schools – Sad very sad – actually disturbing compared to a lot of the neighboring cities.
Amenities? Oh we have a lovely park up on Kiely – Central park but the pond looks like it needs a good clean and though we claim to be a green city why is all the play equipment in need of some major renovating?
International swimming pool – hmm – well it needs work and now the plans for the new one are on hold YET AGAIN! Clearly we don’t need any up grading there otherwise they would have made that available to us now, rather than later. Forget the $400K short of the budget – I bet if the city let residents know about their dreams we’d find a way to raise the money or why not go to a builder and ask for it – that’s how they seem to fix the holes in the budget.
Library – great libary if you can find a place to park near it. Who planned the parking? Obviously our planning department had nothing to do with that…. or did they?
El Camino Real – so enticing – 49 dollar a night meth labs along most of the blocks. A bunch of “book stores” – please enter at own risk! Tattoo stores and a bunch of closed up stores. The once Mervyns Plaza is dying. Which brings us up to Homestead – most of those centers are drying and empty – check out Lawrence Station – the train left years ago and so did all the travelers.
Downtown – sorry what downtown? Oh that’s right – we don’t have one.
ahh yes Santa Clara has a lot to offer
But we do have the best utilities and low in-come housing in the area! great selling point.
©Letters From Silicon Valley 2008
