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  East Bay Living
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 While San Francisco is the Bay Area’s crown jewel, many argue that its heart lies in the cities and towns that stretch up and down the region’s shoreline. In the East Bay, where Harbor Bay Realty is located, shoreline communities beckon a visitor with sunny weather, good schools and an amazing regional park system that boast 92,000 acres of open parkland set among rolling hills and woodlands.
Here are a handful of the many East Bay towns and cities served by Harbor Bay Realty:
Oakland/Piedmont
This vibrant cosmopolitan city boasts its own repertory theaters, ballet and opera companies and big time sports franchises. It’s an ideal option for someone who seeks an urban lifestyle but wants to avoid the congestion and high cost of living in San Francisco. With a patchwork of neighborhoods, Oakland feels more like a series of small towns than a big city. Housing options run the gamut from slick new lofts near Jack London Square, to historic properties in Rockridge and the city of Piedmont to dramatic contemporaries on hillside lots with picture perfect views of the bay.
 Berkeley
The UC Berkeley campus is the centerpiece of this busy small city where you can get caught up in the bustle of merchants and students on Telegraph Avenue or enjoy quiet stretches of broad leafy streets in the Elmwood District where rose gardens and green lawns frame stately Arts and Crafts homes. Other housing options lie among the bungalows on Berkeley’s north side or in striking contemporary homes set up in the hillside neighborhoods.
 San Leandro/San Lorenzo
San Leandro and San Lorenzo are towns just South of Oakland. Bounded by the East Bay Hills and the San Francisco Bay, they have a combined population of a little over 100,000. The ample supply of housing here spans the decades from the early 1920s right up to the present day. Most of San Lorenzo’s homes are ranch style, although many have been extensively remodeled and enlarged. The more dramatic (and expensive) homes are hillside contemporaries in San Leandro, which feature expansive bay and canyon views.
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