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Redwood City is a beautiful Bay Area peninsula town. Its history is as old as San Francisco’s, its first industry being shipping. The expanse of railroad tracks built through the city locked its area importance and economic activity. The railroad tracks also brought wealthy San Francisco residents who sought to buy large houses. Today, shipping is still big business in Redwood City and there are many employment opportunities within the city limits. Redwood City was at the heart of the dot-com boom with the tech giant Oracle being one of the first companies to take root in the city. Despite the city’s generous job offerings, many residents still work outside city to fit employment demands. Redwood City developers pride themselves on having planned the city to be very transit-oriented. There is a multitude of attractive high-density housing built around major transit hubs to cater to commuters in addition classic suburb neighborhoods. Its 75,000 residents will all attest that Redwood City is the easiest Bay Area town to live in.