Having lived in Los Altos for many years, and having worked in it for even longer, I have found many things to love about Los Altos: the quaint downtown, the many parks, the spacious feel to the neighborhoods, and the lovely view of nearby hills.
The minimum lot size in Los Altos is around ten thousand square feet, meaning the city has a spacious tree lined feel to it; properties aren’t crowded and there is charm in the diversity of buildings. Los Altos has its commercial side restricted to certain areas: to mention just a few, visit Loyola Corners on the corner of Foothill Expressway and Loyola (home to a great breakfast restaurant), Rancho Shopping Center, on the corner of Magdalena and Springer, with its variety of small shops, Village Court shopping center located on the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road, and the newly renovated and quaint downtown (take Main Street exit off Foothill Expressway), evocative of small-town America.