Anybody live near the delta?

So I live in San Jose and am almost ready to buy a house. I'm a union worker in sf but wanna get closer to the delta. Looking at Brentwood or disco bay but homes are in the 400 k area for fixer uppers but my dad lives 5 min from a launch in Stockton and houses are hella cheap!! Everybody stockton is horrible but where my dad is at its not that bad and across the street from him in a coulda sac there is is a huge lot with detached garage 3 bedroom house huge back yard for 100k! But my question is does anybody live in this area of Cali and does it really suck that bad? Any info in the commute?mapquest tells me a 1.5 hr to sf in the morning which I can live with. Any info?