Pros and Cons of living in Lafayette California

[@pollygreen3997]

How about pros and cons in orinda. And orinda vs lafayette. Many people can’t decide between these two cities

[@livinginsfbayarea]

Happy to do both. Thank you for your suggestions, and I agree many people have a tough time choosing between them. Both are great cities.

[@arilehman9723]

My parents lived in the Silver Dell area of Lafayette from 1984 to 2016. They did quite a lot of home improvement projects during that timeframe, a deck, a pool, landscaping, and three major remodeling projects. Some of the cons: traffic and poor civic planning, limited parking and public transportation, expensive utilities, vendor and repair services. The Silver Dell neighborhood had to form a HOA to fund raise the money to buy and install a signal light at the busy Pleasant Hill road intersection (lots of traffic accidents at this location). The town is very anti development and charges very expensive building permit and building recycling fees. The pros: quiet neighborhoods, large lots, and good schools (crowded). Some Lafayette residents shop for groceries in other towns because the parking situation is so bad in downtown Lafayette.

[@livinginsfbayarea]

Thanks for watching, you offer up some great perspective here.

[@woodworm3615]

Grew up on Relize valley road. Mcgraw lane, Wonderful Place back then, but since time is gone by traffic's has become a nightmare. Property price are in the millions. I live now in Grass Valley, CA. Believe it or not. The 2 lane highway up here is going to be a 4 lane highway. Same thing's gonna happen here as it did in Lafayette when I was a younger man.

[@livinginsfbayarea]

I hear Grass Valley is a nice place to live.

[@woodworm3615]

@livinginsfbayarea it's becoming crowded up here. It's highway 49 from Auburn to Grass Valley. It has afternoon traffic jam on a "Two Lane" highway. It's kinda hilarious to know we're this is going soon. Another disturbing thing up here. Compared to the Bay area In the Bay area, everybody has fences around their homes. They know their boundaries. People don't have fences and they don't know their boundaries. It's it's a subject up here, and you have to be careful what you do. Kinda primitive you might say.

[@persiancucumber9255]

Was an amazing place to grow up during the 1980's-2000's. Now its just a bunch woke people that poured in from SF. Too much congestion and too much crime pouring over from oakland and antioch. Otherwise its an nice place for some people.