I am not overly fond of the City of San Jose
and I grow less fond every moment I spend
there.
If you work in the tech industry, you will spend
at least some time in your life in San Jose. If you are lucky, it will just be
for a meal or a sharks game, or visiting friends, or visiting a corporation for
the day. If you are like me, however, your company will be headquartered there
and you will need to spend a significant amount of time in the area. This is
especially painful if you live in a nice city, (ie: Seattle) and you grew up in
a nicer city (ie: Chicago), because San Jose is not very much fun. The people
there are lovely, but it is a bedroom community. For a sizable city, there
really is very little of interest going on. Perhaps there are pockets of cool or
fun, but for those of us who spend our time downtown, it is a wasteland. Over
the last couple of years, I have found a couple good restaurants, and a nice bar
or two, but that is about it. If you want music, art, theater, or cool stores;
you gotta hop a caltrain north to San Francisco (1.5 hours non-express) and hope
that you don't miss the return train. For those in the area, what am I missing?
I am especially talking about night life there. Oh, and I've walked all over the
downtown areas so I know about the streets of sad bars and yuppie-geek pick up
joints. I'm looking for culture, not alcohol.
Posted: Tue - September 26, 2006 at 08:40 AM
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