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moving to san francisco from midwest

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norseamd said:
Aridness is more important to me than the temperature. While I would like to live in a tropical area I am not going to live somewhere that has no greenery.
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greenery? Got medical marijuana dispensaries every corner bro. THC % so high it'll put you on your ass like that MN winter :biggrin:
 
Snow is not so bad as long as you dont have to drive in it or have to risk life and limb waling on ice. I have seen people get stuck in their own driveways.
 
rednas said:
Snow is not so bad as long as you dont have to drive in it or have to risk life and limb waling on ice. I have seen people get stuck in their own driveways.
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yeah I love snow!*


*meaning I drive 2 hours to the mountains to play in snow for 4 hours - 2 days and then go home to wonderful 70' weather in the middle of winter
 
also, where in SF are you gonna find some good jello salad, Hot dish, or lutefisk? one would have to go to Minnesota for that 😛
 
rednas said:
also, where in SF are you gonna find some good jello salad, Hot dish, or lutefisk? one would have to go to Minnesota for that 😛
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I'm sure you can find some organic jello, farm to table hotdish, and sustainable artisan lutefisk somewhere.
 
Drako said:
Who wants to ride BART? 😵

And LOL at the "Pho connoisseur".
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BART kinda sucks but commuting on PT is a daily fact for many millions of people in the world, and it really makes no difference.

what makes you such an elitist douche about it?
 
rednas said:
Honestly, I have always wanted to live in a place where it snows atleast once. Prior to leaving the Bay Area for Texas I was applying for many jobs in Chicago and would have moved there had I been able to secure a comparable job opportunity as to the one that was offered to me in Texas. But then again I had an open mind and was pretty much willing to move anywhere that was not California nor the northeast (excluding NYC)
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I moved from Chicago and came here....I love Chicago (honestly, better food than you get SF + EastBay + SouthBay, but expand to Napa and all that and it isn't a contest, obviously)...but that snow shit gets old.

fast.

rednas said:
Snow is not so bad as long as you dont have to drive in it or have to risk life and limb waling on ice. I have seen people get stuck in their own driveways.
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:hmm:

Yeah, OK. You would have hated Chicago on day 2 of snow. ...then you have 5 more months of it. 😀
 
norseamd said:
Guns, fireworks, 30 foot bonfires, and explosives?
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yeah, I am going to have to downsize my magazines on my firearms ... I might juts sell them all together so I don't have to worry about them :/.

norseamd said:
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.
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It may only be for a few years, but living in another state is something we've always wanted to do ... we know the sacrifices, especially in the space/rent area!

Ns1 said:
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.
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lol yup.

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

if its airbnb then mike jennings is great
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nope! I did just read airbnb is now legal in san fran though, i'll try to use that when we go down there for a few days to prospect.

norseamd said:
There are many properties available less than an hour away from the Twin Cities that you could buy and do what the fuck you want. Some even in the Twin Cities especially certain towns like Afton and maybe the north metro area. If I remember right the North metro is one of the fastest expanding areas in the whole metropolitan area.

Obviously you need lots of money if you want a huge property however. Otherwise you might be able to go for less like a few acres in Lake Elmo or something.
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yeah, if we moved even further away, say 1+ hour commute we'd have a hobby farm for sure, but maybe when/if we come back to the twin cities.

norseamd said:
And I would like to live here over many other locations in America. We are actually the 15th largest metroplitan area in the country. We are bigger than Denver, San Diego, or other more well known towns in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_the_United_States
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MN is awesome, but it's time to try something new! And it isn't going anywhere.

someone please tell me the mexican food is good down there, Minnesota is soooo weak in that area. So weak.

no note, but you can trust it's me out there, lol
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working from home today, so underwear was optional, be lucky there was underwear.
 
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Look all the way down to redwood city, how are the caltrains? They pretty speedy during rush hour? My stop would be right in san francisco, end of line.
 
This sounds like the opposite of the Jason Segal movie, "The Five Year Engagement"....where he moved from SF to Michigan...
 
I don't know what it is about Steven Segal, but I hate his acting. It's just...soooo bad. I cannot stomach the dude. Doens't he beat his wife too?
 
ViviTheMage said:
someone please tell me the mexican food is good down there, Minnesota is soooo weak in that area. So weak.
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prepare for disappointment. Strangely enough, a lot of the Mexican food--particularly on this side of the Bay--is quite bad. There are a few good trucks here and there, some very good joints in Oakland, and of course SF has some good options...but it is nothing like the quality and quantity you see in SoCal.

Maybe it's better than MN, I dunno, but NorCal is certainly not as good as your options in Chicago for Mexican food. (Sounds strange--but it actually shouldn't. Chicago has a very large, and very well-established Mexican population)
 
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