One of the most amazing things about Palo Alto is that the city-provided services are actually good enough that people like Steve Jobs use them, in preference to private schools, fortified compounds, etc. At least, this is amazing to me after living in a bunch of third world places where even lower middle class people try to avoid any contact with neighbors, government-provided services, etc.
(my girlfriend actually went to a Palo Alto high school with Lisa Jobs, too)
In Brazil, the best colleges are public. They are so good it's bad: the rich kids take a semester or two of specific courses to pass the entrance exam, leaving the poor people out.
(my girlfriend actually went to a Palo Alto high school with Lisa Jobs, too)