Luxurious Lifestyle at the San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, popularly known asfence in the land area. Spring casts mild and
the 'Bay Area' to local residents, is a diverse andcloudless days, summer is cool and overcast, and
thriving metropolitan region that encompasses Sanfall weather is warm, hot and sunny, with mild and
Francisco Bay in the northern part of California.clear nights, while winter brings in the most humid
San Francisco, North Bay, East Bay, South Bay,rainy days, alternating with clear and sunny
Peninsula and Santa Cruz make up the Bay Areaskies.The diverse geography is broken up into
regions. They are divided into nine counties: Sanprime residential and industrial spaces, covering
Francisco, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara,villages, towns and cities, parks in the national,
Santa Cruz, Alameda, Napa, Solano andstate and regional levels, as well as airports and
Sonoma.Although San Francisco City is identifiedmilitary bases. All these are connected by a
as the cultural and traditional center of the Baymodern and efficient transport system composed
Area, it is not the largest or most populated citymostly of trains (commuter rail and railroads),
within the area. Historically, the Bay Area traceshighways and roads.Considered as one of the
its roots from Spanish explorers who first setmost affluent regions in America, the San
foot in the region and founded a Catholic church inFrancisco Bay Area boasts having the most
1776.Bay Area is distributed over a population ofmedian income per household, across the nation.
nearly seven million residents (as of the latestSix out of the 10 best Californian areas that have
count in 2006). People are scattered over athe most income per capita (Belvedere, Diablo,
number of suburban and urban centers, hence,Atherton, Woodside and Portal Valley) are all in
the general area name. Its generic name isthe Bay Area. The popular Alameda, Contra
derived from the various regional natures of theCosta, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa
area, with no specific reference to a city.StudiesClara counties in Bay Area are also part of the
place the population of San Francisco Bay Areatop 100 income per capita counties in the States.
among the best in the country for overallAs a result, the Bay Area real estate appreciated
education placement, competing with Washingtonto the level of the 'most expensive zip code'
D.C. and Boston. East Bay is known for being theleague. In 2005, Forbes Magazine listed Atherton,
home of famous seminaries and universities,Diablo, Ross, Nicasio, Los Altos, Tiburon, Los
namely Berkeley or the University of CaliforniaGatos, Portal Valley and San Francisco as one of
and Stanford University.Weather is generallythe top 50 most expensive places to live in.
agreeable but unpredictable, as bodies of water