moving to san francisco from midwest

[BoomerD]

wait, these prices can't be right...

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/6th-Ave_San-Francisco_CA_94401_M22879-18039?row=51

http://www.realtor.com/realestatean...Dr_San-Francisco_CA_94112_M22185-32647?row=58

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_ren...-122.379198,37.649374,-122.596178_rect/12_zm/

 

[IronWing]

I read segal, and saw red ... I just hate him so much. hahaha :biggrin:

Oh come on, Fire Down Below was just plain fun.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Oh come on, Fire Down Below was just plain fun.

noooooope nope nope

 

[rednas]

Yeah, OK. You would have hated Chicago on day 2 of snow. ...then you have 5 more months of it.

I live in Houston. Home of 5 months of high temps and humidity and I have not cried uncle yet. I'd be willing to experience the other extreme.

 

[BabaBooey]

Take me with please.



:'(

 

[Ns1]

Take me with please.



:'(

Why would you want to leave the twin cities???? I hear it's awesome.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Why would you want to leave the twin cities???? I hear it's awesome.

It is, but nothing wrong with change

Take me with please.



:'(

:awe:

 

[BabaBooey]

I can't do another winter here, I think I'm going to texas or arizona after the new year if I can get enough saved up, I like the dry heat and lack of -20 temps. / 75 -85 degree dew points and so on.

 

[Ns1]

looooooooool

although I guess our weather aint much better. Look at that shit, fucking DRIZZLE on thursday - that shit's gonna fuck up my wifey's hair man.

 

[norseamd]

Good.

I was wondering why we have only got about 4" of snow so far.

And if you look at the map you can tell all of that snow came from Lake Superior.

 

[ViviTheMage]

haha, yes, weather wise, no more snow in San Francisco really. I actually love the snow, but the wife doesn't. I am sure I can get used to having to drive to the mountains once in a while to go boarding. I like mountains too, so that's also nice to see now.

 

[zinfamous]

CA is a big state and there is certainly snow here

The best part is that depending on where you live, you can control how much exposure you want.

 

[Ns1]

haha, yes, weather wise, no more snow in San Francisco really. I actually love the snow, but the wife doesn't. I am sure I can get used to having to drive to the mountains once in a while to go boarding. I like mountains too, so that's also nice to see now.

Short drive to mammoth/tahoe

 

[Dirigible]

I'm going backpacking this weekend, OP. I imagine conditions will be a little more pleasant than if I did that where you are now ...

 

[ViviTheMage]

Short drive to mammoth/tahoe

exactly!

how fast is the caltrain? to say if I was in san mateo to get downtown?

 

[Crusty]

exactly!

how fast is the caltrain? to say if I was in san mateo to get downtown?

It takes me about 45, to an hour to get from Mountain View to SF depending on the service level of the train.

 

[K1052]

exactly!

how fast is the caltrain? to say if I was in san mateo to get downtown?

25-30 min each way if you take the Baby Bullet express trains.

 

[ViviTheMage]

25-30 min each way if you take the Baby Bullet express trains.

oh dang, that's not bad. The caltrain end point is like 2 blocks from my work, i'll check the southern san fran area.

 

[Dirigible]

oh dang, that's not bad. The caltrain end point is like 2 blocks from my work, i'll check the southern san fran area.

The peninsula is a nice place to live. And it'd be an easier commute to silicon valley if you switch to a job down there.

 

[K1052]

The peninsula is a nice place to live. And it'd be an easier commute to silicon valley if you switch to a job down there.

If somebody put a gun to my head and said I had to live in the peninsula it would be Burlingame/Hillsborough/San Mateo for sure.

 

[PricklyPete]

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

You should see what you can get in Afghanistan.

 

[Sukhoi]

If you're working in SOMA I'd recommend Lafayette/Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill and take BART, or Alameda and take the ferry. Also could live mid-Peninsula and take Caltrain, but housing down there is $$$$$ now. If you want good weather on the Peninsula you need to be south of 92.

Ignore the people that told you to immediately write off Walnut Creek. It's real nice out here, and BART is only 35 mins to Montgomery station. Coming from the Midwest you'll probably be more comfortable east of the Berkeley hills, as there are sort of real seasons here. The hills block all the shitty SF weather. We have a real summer (not crazy hot, gets up to 90-95 dry heat and occasionally 100), true fall color, and it even gets down to freezing overnight in the winter. If you like going to the mountains it is a much better drive if you live in the East Bay than trying to get out of the city or the Peninsula across the bridges and inner East Bay traffic hell.

Also ignore the people saying Alameda is a dump as they apparently haven't been there in eons. There are many very nice parts of the island.

You're going to hate yourself if you try to drive to SOMA and pay to park.

 

[Sonikku]

Take me with please.



:'(

Me too. :'( People will understand me there.

 

[Crusty]

You're going to hate yourself if you try to drive to SOMA and pay to park.

No kidding, I once paid $30 to park my car for one hour... ofc we were running late and didn't want to waste any more time looking for a spot.

 

[ViviTheMage]

No kidding, I once paid $30 to park my car for one hour... ofc we were running late and didn't want to waste any more time looking for a spot.

yeah, I do not want to drive my car down there. I don't think they have free parking, looking at the street view there is no lot nearby even.

Curious, when the kid is born, how do people drop them off at daycare? Do they usually drive them there, somewhere close hopefully, then hop on the BART/caltrain?