Moving to "THE CITY" NOW for a year - help! :)
10-25-2013, 01:28 PM
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Thanks man! I ended up using Alpine (broker)! Took a lot of time to decide...seems legit. $1900..
So I will land in SF I think. What do you guys think of the Marina area, I guess by the GG bridge? And what's up with Albany? Is it city-ish? Any recs for where to live in SF overall?
THANK YOU! Moving in like 5 days....no clue to where!
-T
So I will land in SF I think. What do you guys think of the Marina area, I guess by the GG bridge? And what's up with Albany? Is it city-ish? Any recs for where to live in SF overall?
THANK YOU! Moving in like 5 days....no clue to where!
-T
10-25-2013, 01:38 PM
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SF is full. please try again next century.
j/k welcome & good luck. it really is packed here tho. getting morseo, literally by the day.
p.s. please don't call it San Fran or Frisco. you'll single yourself out as even more of a tourist/transplant. The City is fine. yes, "The."
j/k welcome & good luck. it really is packed here tho. getting morseo, literally by the day.
p.s. please don't call it San Fran or Frisco. you'll single yourself out as even more of a tourist/transplant. The City is fine. yes, "The."
10-25-2013, 09:28 PM
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How much per month? Marina is a happening place with $$$. Maybe $2500-$3000 for a small studio. Maybe less if it's a slumlord type place. With no parking. Parking is bad in the marina. Expect to ruin your car. There are $100k cars with fender bender and no paint bumpers there. They literarily nudge into the space. I work there so yea...
10-26-2013, 06:32 AM
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10-26-2013, 06:35 AM
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How much per month? Marina is a happening place with $$$. Maybe $2500-$3000 for a small studio. Maybe less if it's a slumlord type place. With no parking. Parking is bad in the marina. Expect to ruin your car. There are $100k cars with fender bender and no paint bumpers there. They literarily nudge into the space. I work there so yea...
APPRECIATED! What are you thinking around Marina area? Or can I get to Marina from anywhere in SF in the AM in 10 min or less? I don't care where since I don't know The City at all anyway! Would rent a room + bathroom. Don't really want own place....I don't know my way around and I like people.
What's up with Albany?
Thank you all
10-26-2013, 02:48 PM
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10mins in the AM can only move you about a mile to two in that area.
And it's still $$$. lower nob hill is your best bet on lower price for a room and closest to the bridge.
just google map bush and polk st. can be rough block to block.
you can try the sunset for a room for probably even lower rent. but it's like the burb out there, but close to stuff and 19th ave all the way to the bridge. maybe 20min to the bridge depending where in sunset.
nothing happening in albany, you can start a family
that's a kind of happening.
pm me, anyway to make your transition easier.
And it's still $$$. lower nob hill is your best bet on lower price for a room and closest to the bridge.
just google map bush and polk st. can be rough block to block.
you can try the sunset for a room for probably even lower rent. but it's like the burb out there, but close to stuff and 19th ave all the way to the bridge. maybe 20min to the bridge depending where in sunset.
nothing happening in albany, you can start a family
that's a kind of happening.pm me, anyway to make your transition easier.
10-29-2013, 12:22 PM
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Santa Rosa is FAAAAR away from "civilization." lol seriously, can't say that i've spent a lot of time up there, but my cousin & his wife lived there for a couple years while he was going to nursing school. they didn't like it all that much. it's beautiful, but not a whole lot to do. not a very diverse place either, apparently.
Albany is a decent place. A friend of mine lives there. He's a family guy. It is a suburb, but it's close enough to SF and pretty safe, compared to Oakland, Richmond, etc.
If you're here for just a year and can afford it, I think you'd have the most fun staying in The City. yes, "The." ok, i'll stop. lol Downtown is not all ghetto, but the safe & affordable areas, if there is such a thing here, won't be downtown. Try Craigslist and look for an apt/condo/flat to share. If you want your own place, it's going to be really tough, esp for just a year. SF has one of, if not the hottest rental market in the US. there are articles about it all the time. Average rent here is $3k+, but that includes homes.
As someone else mentioned, you can look into renting an in-law in the Sunset or Richmond. Imo, that would be the most affordable and safest choice.... but not for your s2k. they're nice areas to live, but two of the hottest places for stolen cars. needless to say, a garage is pretty much a must. i've lived in both areas and still spend a lot of time there.
Albany is a decent place. A friend of mine lives there. He's a family guy. It is a suburb, but it's close enough to SF and pretty safe, compared to Oakland, Richmond, etc.
If you're here for just a year and can afford it, I think you'd have the most fun staying in The City. yes, "The." ok, i'll stop. lol Downtown is not all ghetto, but the safe & affordable areas, if there is such a thing here, won't be downtown. Try Craigslist and look for an apt/condo/flat to share. If you want your own place, it's going to be really tough, esp for just a year. SF has one of, if not the hottest rental market in the US. there are articles about it all the time. Average rent here is $3k+, but that includes homes.
As someone else mentioned, you can look into renting an in-law in the Sunset or Richmond. Imo, that would be the most affordable and safest choice.... but not for your s2k. they're nice areas to live, but two of the hottest places for stolen cars. needless to say, a garage is pretty much a must. i've lived in both areas and still spend a lot of time there.
10-31-2013, 08:20 AM
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THANKS guys! I got a "flat" right in the middle...with a garage! 
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Can anyone direct me to purchasing a cheap, like 24" flat TV? All I'm seeing is Best Buy.
Anyway, this place is badass! Buses attached to cables wtf!
-T
!Can anyone direct me to purchasing a cheap, like 24" flat TV? All I'm seeing is Best Buy.
Anyway, this place is badass! Buses attached to cables wtf!
-T
10-31-2013, 08:24 AM
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Santa Rosa is FAAAAR away from "civilization." lol seriously, can't say that i've spent a lot of time up there, but my cousin & his wife lived there for a couple years while he was going to nursing school. they didn't like it all that much. it's beautiful, but not a whole lot to do. not a very diverse place either, apparently.
So thanks again!
-T