moving to san francisco from midwest

[rednas]

There is no way I would live in the East Bay if I worked in SF, but I guess I'm getting old. The commute would kill me. I guess the ferry wouldn't be too bad.

if you live close to a bart station the commute is WAY better than commuting to downtown from the outer sunset or just about anywhere on the west side of SF.

 

[zinfamous]

dangggg

i could buy a nice 3000 sq ft house on 80 acres (half field/half woods) around here for 3.5$k per month

Yeah, but is the pho out there any good?


Do you eve have pho?

 

[Dirigible]

Nice, what was your commute exactly: driving, or was it always public transport?

I lived and worked near BART stations. So it was public transit.

I would not attempt to drive alone to SF during rush hour. If you pick up casual carpoolers it isn't bad on the way there, what with HOV lanes, but getting back home across the bridge in the evening still sucks big time.

 

[rednas]

dangggg

i could buy a nice 3000 sq ft house on 80 acres (half field/half woods) around here for 3.5$k per month

thats for a one bedroom with no parking.

 

[rednas]

Yeah, but is the pho out there any good?


Do you eve have pho?

Vietnamese food can be found in just about any city with over 100k people.

 

[brianmanahan]

Yeah, but is the pho out there any good?

Do you eve have pho?

not close to where i live, but there's one 2 blocks away from my work.

i am not a pho guy, but i heard it's pretty good from the people i work with.

that pho would have to be preeeeety darn good to be worth that much in rent

 

[rednas]

also, the pho is much better in San Jose than in SF since that is where most of the Viets in the Bay Area live.

 

[zinfamous]

Vietnamese food can be found in just about any city with over 100k people.

not really, and definitely not pho. Depending on where you are, "Vietnamese food" could just be "generic Chinese food."

good luck finding it in large swaths of the midwest (meaning: not Chicago). My "small" home town area of roughly 800k-1 million or so people (depending on what you count), has maybe 3 or 4 self-described Vietnamese places that I recall. The menus offer stuff like "Mongolian Beef"

also, the pho is much better in San Jose than in SF since that is where most of the Viets in the Bay Area live.

Oh, no doubt. I'm not all that familiar with SF, anyway; but I know the EastBay options--the good and the bad.

 

[rednas]

not really, and definitely not pho. Depending on where you are, "Vietnamese food" could just be "generic Chinese food."

good luck finding it in large swaths of the midwest (meaning: not Chicago). My "small" home town area of roughly 800k-1 million or so people (depending on what you count), has maybe 3 or 4 self-described Vietnamese places that I recall. The menus offer stuff like "Mongolian Beef"

Since I am not viet I dont have the highly developed taste buds to distinguish between crappy pho and good pho. My viet friends swear by certain places yet I am not really able to tell the difference between those places and the one close to where I lived. Its the same just that the ordering is a little more involved in the "good" places.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Haven't read everything but if you're thinking East Bay, look into Rockridge/Claremont areas. You have BART and the casual carpool(which I used and could get into SF in 20 minutes). For dogs, the East Bay is great as all of the parks and reservations are dog friendly. You also have the Bulb and Point Isabella if your dogs like the ocean.

 

[ultimatebob]

I wish that I could see the look on your face the first time someone on the street tries to sell you pot or asks you if you're bi

 

[olds]

Where is Soma?

 

[rednas]

Where is Soma?

soma = south of market street. look at the pic I posted a few posts up.

 

[BoomerD]

Where is Soma?

South of Market
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Market,_San_Francisco

 

[olds]

soma = south of market street. look at the pic I posted a few posts up.

South of Market
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Market,_San_Francisco

I thought Vivi meant Sonoma. I was wonder why they'd want to live in Alameda.

 

[SSSnail]

Good to know zin ... if we can ever swing another AT LOTTO!

I am hoping the public transport/biking isn't so bad. And I will have my motorcycle to get to soma with, so hopefully lane splitting of goodness will be allowed still. But I plan to take public transit/bike/motorcycle and avoid traffic as much as I can.

I have some soon to be co workers who said they live in oakland, what parts do you consider good? We'll be going down for a few days and just driving around, seeing what we can find.

He's lying, CA - the state does tax you. He's confused with CA - the country. You know, the Canyucks up north.

 

[pete6032]

Pho is so yesterday. $30 ramen plates are where it's at.

 

[djnsmith7]

I live in San Jose, but drive to SF daily. Had a friend who lived in Alameda a few years ago & it's definitely grungy (I wouldn't live there).

Maybe take a look at South SF (lower rent costs than SF Proper & most areas are nicer than Alameda).

Fremont & Union City are the nicer cities in the East Bay, but they are a bit of a drive to Soma.

Not only will you experience culture shock, but you'll also experience living space shock. Smaller living space, higher rent.

 

[RichieZ]

SOMA and 5 years in and not really a startup? I'd guess airbnb or uber

if its airbnb then mike jennings is great

 

[Ns1]

so you're giving up the "Play house" lifestyle and moving to the "yeezus christ there's a shitload of stuff around me but OMG everything is so expensive" lifestyle.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Yay SF!

 

[BoomerD]

He's lying, CA - the state does tax you. He's confused with CA - the country. You know, the Canyucks up north.

No. You're apparently confusing federal income tax on gambling winnings...California does not tax California lottery winnings.

http://static.sc-www.calottery.com/...nloads/winnershandbook_english9-13_sjk_02.pdf

What Will
I Pay in Taxes?
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taxes. However, the Internal Revenue
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Lottery to withhold federal taxes from
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The withholding rate for federal
income tax is based, in part, on a
claimant’s resident status. The Lottery
is required to withhold federal taxes
of 25% for U.S. citizens and resident
aliens providing a social security
number, and 28% for U.S. citizens and
resident aliens not providing a social
security number. Claimants who do
not mark the citizenship status on the
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There may be an additional tax
liability depending on a winner’s total
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total tax liability

 

[norseamd]

Sooo, posted this in city-data and got some decent information about where to live. I am leaning towards east bay/Alameda, as my new job is in soma. Anyone make the move to San Francisco? We're going from a decent sized house with about an acre to a 2 bedroom apartment. We used to live in a 1br 700 square foot condo with our 2 huskies, me + wife so I am not too worried about loss of space. Curious what AT's impression of the area is? Outside of absurdly expensive to live in.

Way to downgrade.

And here I wish I could have hundreds of acres in the North Woods with my own private lakes and wildlife.

Good luck.

 

[Ns1]

Way to downgrade.

And here I wish I could have hundreds of acres in the North Woods with my own private lakes and wildlife.

Good luck.

play ranch or have lots of awesome shit around you, pick one.

 

[norseamd]

play ranch or have lots of awesome shit around you, pick one.

Guns, fireworks, 30 foot bonfires, and explosives?