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re: Living in downtown San Francisco recs
Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:24 pm to Jabroni
Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:24 pm to Jabroni
I just got back from Portland. I have had to answer the same question about the homeless about fifty times. Most people talking crap complaining about a speck of crap on a toilet bowl while they are ones living knee deep in the septic tank.
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Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:53 pm to TutHillTiger
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There are some really nice areas but often are pricey
Generally how it works.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:04 pm to justaniceguy
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Suburbs?
Like Oakland?
The problem with the Bay Area and San Francisco is that it’s really spread out and expensive everywhere.
Golden Gate Bridge and Marin county to the north, Bay Bridge and Oakland to the east, Silicon Valley and more expensive real estate to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the West.
There are no cheaper suburbs like a lot of other cities have.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:21 pm to tigercross
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He should call or e-mail his hiring manager and say "can you put me in touch with people with roles that are similar to mine so that I can pick their brains about good neighborhoods?"
He should not rely on neighborhood recommendations his father receives from a Louisiana-based message board.
See, y'all say this, but then learning about things like the doo doo map here are helpful.
Yeah he's reaching out to people he's working with about places, but it never hurts to get some extra eyes/ears on it.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:26 pm to Ghost of Colby
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There are no cheaper suburbs like a lot of other cities have.
He could drive in from Gilroy, bonus if he likes garlic.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:34 pm to Obtuse1
One of his customers is Christopher Ranch.
True story.
True story.
This post was edited on 8/1/22 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:47 pm to Meauxjeaux
If he's already in Silicon Valley, he should just take a few weekends to visit the city and see what neighborhoods he likes. Plus, I'd imagine a good bit of his current colleagues/friends have a lot of experience with the city and can offer good advice.
My only advice would be to avoid something close to his office in FiDi etc just because it's an easy walk. That area tends to have the only "new" apartments with nice amenities compared to the majority of the city. His social life and day to day situation will suck if he makes that choice. So many great neighborhoods here that will be an easy commute to the office and offer all the benefits of a big city and also a quieter neighborhood. Areas like the Sunset and Richmond feel more like a suburb than they do the city at times.
Also, the consistent suburb advice in this thread is awful. It's clear who has never visited Bay Area. The closest "affordable" suburbs will be places like Modesto or Gilroy (already mentioned) which will be dumps and 2.5 hour commutes one-way on a good day. Rent is expensive everywhere, not just SF. Everything here is outrageously expensive, median home here is like $1.6m or something stupid. Best bet is to suck it up, pay the high rent and enjoy what living in SF offers you.
My only advice would be to avoid something close to his office in FiDi etc just because it's an easy walk. That area tends to have the only "new" apartments with nice amenities compared to the majority of the city. His social life and day to day situation will suck if he makes that choice. So many great neighborhoods here that will be an easy commute to the office and offer all the benefits of a big city and also a quieter neighborhood. Areas like the Sunset and Richmond feel more like a suburb than they do the city at times.
Also, the consistent suburb advice in this thread is awful. It's clear who has never visited Bay Area. The closest "affordable" suburbs will be places like Modesto or Gilroy (already mentioned) which will be dumps and 2.5 hour commutes one-way on a good day. Rent is expensive everywhere, not just SF. Everything here is outrageously expensive, median home here is like $1.6m or something stupid. Best bet is to suck it up, pay the high rent and enjoy what living in SF offers you.
This post was edited on 8/1/22 at 5:51 pm
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