So as I'm sure many of you know, Emily Menges has a printed literary newspaper, which I subscribe to. I just got the latest edition, and noticed the postmark was from San Jose. I guess that logically I knew that Bay wouldn't have their home base in San Francisco, but in terms of desirability I gotta think being in San Jose puts them much…
So as I'm sure many of you know, Emily Menges has a printed literary newspaper, which I subscribe to. I just got the latest edition, and noticed the postmark was from San Jose. I guess that logically I knew that Bay wouldn't have their home base in San Francisco, but in terms of desirability I gotta think being in San Jose puts them much further down the list.
I wonder if there were any players who signed with dreams of living in (in my opinion) one of the cooler cities in the world, only to show up to the strip-mall sprawl of San Jose.
Bias alert: 20 years in the tech industry. Never looked forward to SJ business travel.
My two kids played waterpolo for SJSU. And son-in-law played football (the non-round kind)
I was never impressed by the area there. And the water! Somebody should have warned me. Then I realized about all those culligan type trucks running around. Later I sent the coach there a bottle of Oregon water. Earth2O it was.
Soccer infrastructure is all in SJ and on the Peninsula--Earthquakes, CSUSJ, Stanford, Santa Clara. Bay will play at PayPal park next to the SJ Airport. {roar!}
A pro team in SF I guess would have to play at USF or CSUSF, since there's nowhere to build a proper soccer stadium (float one on the Bay?). Standing room at the Polo Grounds could be fun.
San Jose now is larger than SF by nearly 100k. Not especially affordable either, just not SF prices. East Bay is more affordable and less bland-suburban, but BART doesn't serve San Jose and if you live there, you're kind of stuck there. They do have light rail that connects to BART, though. If I were 22 could figure it out.
OTOH probably the mildest climate in the States. That counts for something. Santa Cruz and the beach are a quick drive. Except when it isn't quick.
I personally very much agree with you, but I think it's probably the opposite for many players. I highly doubt most SF athletes live in SF proper anyhow for a few reasons and it's not like San Jose is far from the City anyhow. None of these are places *I* would necessarily want to live, but for those making real money (i.e Oshoala/Castellanos/Kundananji), you can do worse than some of the nicer parts of the extended San Jose/SV area.
(Also worth noting that the San Jose area has been a hub for college woso and that Bay's ownership have direct ties to Santa Clara)
Angel City trains in Thousand Oaks I believe, which is kind of a sick joke considering how close it is to beaches yet is like 20 to 30 degrees hotter during the summer
So as I'm sure many of you know, Emily Menges has a printed literary newspaper, which I subscribe to. I just got the latest edition, and noticed the postmark was from San Jose. I guess that logically I knew that Bay wouldn't have their home base in San Francisco, but in terms of desirability I gotta think being in San Jose puts them much further down the list.
I wonder if there were any players who signed with dreams of living in (in my opinion) one of the cooler cities in the world, only to show up to the strip-mall sprawl of San Jose.
Bias alert: 20 years in the tech industry. Never looked forward to SJ business travel.
Yeah, I typically visit SJ for food and only a couple days at a time. However, most of the people I know there, don't actually live in the city.
I do plan on going to a game there and then heading home right after lol
My two kids played waterpolo for SJSU. And son-in-law played football (the non-round kind)
I was never impressed by the area there. And the water! Somebody should have warned me. Then I realized about all those culligan type trucks running around. Later I sent the coach there a bottle of Oregon water. Earth2O it was.
It's...interesting.
Soccer infrastructure is all in SJ and on the Peninsula--Earthquakes, CSUSJ, Stanford, Santa Clara. Bay will play at PayPal park next to the SJ Airport. {roar!}
A pro team in SF I guess would have to play at USF or CSUSF, since there's nowhere to build a proper soccer stadium (float one on the Bay?). Standing room at the Polo Grounds could be fun.
San Jose now is larger than SF by nearly 100k. Not especially affordable either, just not SF prices. East Bay is more affordable and less bland-suburban, but BART doesn't serve San Jose and if you live there, you're kind of stuck there. They do have light rail that connects to BART, though. If I were 22 could figure it out.
OTOH probably the mildest climate in the States. That counts for something. Santa Cruz and the beach are a quick drive. Except when it isn't quick.
I personally very much agree with you, but I think it's probably the opposite for many players. I highly doubt most SF athletes live in SF proper anyhow for a few reasons and it's not like San Jose is far from the City anyhow. None of these are places *I* would necessarily want to live, but for those making real money (i.e Oshoala/Castellanos/Kundananji), you can do worse than some of the nicer parts of the extended San Jose/SV area.
(Also worth noting that the San Jose area has been a hub for college woso and that Bay's ownership have direct ties to Santa Clara)
Angel City trains in Thousand Oaks I believe, which is kind of a sick joke considering how close it is to beaches yet is like 20 to 30 degrees hotter during the summer