San Jose was a farming town until the 1980s.
Most of SJ's neighborhoods (eg. Alviso, Lick, etc) were actually small farm towns that merged into the City of San Jose in the 70s.
That's why SJ feels kind of bland - it's a very new city, sort of like Phoenix, Dallas, and much of Los Angeles.
San Jose was a farming town until the 1980s.
Most of SJ's neighborhoods (eg. Alviso, Lick, etc) were actually small farm towns that merged into the City of San Jose in the 70s.
That's why SJ feels kind of bland - it's a very new city, sort of like Phoenix, Dallas, and much of Los Angeles.