Moving to Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale is served by three international airports in the nearby cities of San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco, so expats moving to Sunnyvale needn't ever worry about getting home in a hurry. The southern part of Sunnyvale is largely residential, while most of the northern sector is zoned off for industrial use. The population of the city came in at just under 150,000 at the last count in 2012. Since 2009, the downtown area has undergone major redevelopment, with a focus on the regeneration of Sunnyvale Town Centre mall, and a number of modern apartment buildings have been completed in the same vicinity since the summer of 2013, providing expatriates moving to Sunnyvale with one possible accommodation option. San Miguel, Birdland, Lakewood Village, Cherry Chase and Sunny Arch are just a few of the city's neighborhoods, and some of the most expensive homes in Sunnyvale can be found on Freemont Avenue, where the luscious landscapes that line the streets of nearby San Francisco can be seen in all their glory. Through InterNations’ forums, expats looking to relocate to Sunnyvale can exchange and receive trustworthy information regarding apartment lets, travel and networking opportunities within the area.

Working in Sunnyvale

Tech-savvy expatriates in Sunnyvale who are setting out on careers in computing should find plenty of opportunities in this part of the Golden State, as Sunnyvale certainly lives up to its billing as 'The Heart of Silicon Valley', with high-tech companies such as Yahoo!, NetApp, AppliedMicro and Ariba headquartered in the area, while Apple and Nokia also have a presence. However, major US defense and security company Lockheed Martin is the biggest employer in Sunnyvale, with over 7,000 workers on their books at the last count, although the high-tech sector combined employs many more than that number. Yahoo currently employs around 5,000 people at their Sunnyvale headquarters, while NetApp are the second-largest high-tech company in the area with around 3,000 people working in Sunnyvale on their main premises. InterNations members, as well as the sites online collection of expat relevant articles, the Expat Magazine, can offer vital information and advice on such issues as US visa, working abroad, culture shock and more.