Semi-related: What's the deal with all the empty land between SF and San Jose? I get that it's mountainous, but it seems like at $2,000,000 for a tiny parcel of land someone could figure out how to build on it
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it kinda looks like a national forest or something when you drive along 280
Do you mean off to the side of I-280? It's government protected nature park reserves at the northern end, and the Santa Cruz Mountains to the southwest.
One of the perks of living in Silicon Valley; you can get out of the office and go hiking or biking in nature
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it kinda looks like a national forest or something when you drive along 280