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To: uu who wrote (9196)	2/9/1998 11:45:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 14631

<OT> Addi, fwiw, I have some friends in the same boat as you are (trying to buy a house in Los Altos), and without exception they have all decided to look in the Pleasanton/Blackhawk/Fremont, etc. area instead (for those of you outside the BA, this is on the east side of the bay - the other side of the bay from the traditional "silicon valley". The thing is, if you go over there you will see that there are a lot of startups there and more are coming just by virtue of the fact that there is no space left on the peninsula. In fact, I have one friend who has secured $10M in funding (meaning, he will be hiring) and he has decided to go to fremont because at least there he has a chance at getting some support staff that will work for less than $100K. He says he doubts the next Oracle or Sun will actually be located on the peninsula, his prediction is the valley will move east or south. I personally believe that, since an important part of bldg a company is getting and retaining people, not just the VPs and founders, but at all levels and they have to have somewhere to live! Michelle