Moving to San Francisco from New Jersey
12-12-2012, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by scai103' timestamp='1355357782' post='22206894
Sunset and Richmond is not the best place where you want to leave your S overnight on the street.
Regarding where you want to live. It really depends on what you like to do. It will be awesome if you get the SF experience right when you move out here but Palo Alto is not a bad place to start since rent is cheaper and it's a lot safer to leave your car on the street (STAY AWAY from East Palo Alto though, it's pretty dangerous place to live). If I were you, I would look into renting in Palo Alto near the Caltrain station. The Caltrain station is a straight shot to SF, takes about 30 Mins on the bullet train, and it's pretty convenient there after. You can take Muni to get around the city once you get there. Driving from PA to SF is about a 30-40 minute drive depending on traffic. DT Palo Alto has a bunch of bars and it's cozy. Got a lot of Stanford students hanging out.
12-12-2012, 04:11 PM
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Richmond and the Sunset are about the best options for parking in the city but still, I wouldn't leave my car there overnight. I'm in Nob Hill and I'd rather leave my car in the Sunset if I had to than outside of my place. You really need a garage in the city if you care about your car.
As mentioned before, the peninsula is not a bad area to live for the car guy on a budget. It seems like everybody from the s2ki Bay Area forum is from the peninsula and most of the get togethers are down that way. Personally I'd look in the East Bay before the peninsula, though. Emeryville, and certain parts of Oakland are good. It's not a bad commute on BART into SF.
In what part of the city will you be working?
As mentioned before, the peninsula is not a bad area to live for the car guy on a budget. It seems like everybody from the s2ki Bay Area forum is from the peninsula and most of the get togethers are down that way. Personally I'd look in the East Bay before the peninsula, though. Emeryville, and certain parts of Oakland are good. It's not a bad commute on BART into SF.
In what part of the city will you be working?
12-12-2012, 04:27 PM
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Richmond and the Sunset are about the best options for parking in the city but still, I wouldn't leave my car there overnight. I'm in Nob Hill and I'd rather leave my car in the Sunset if I had to than outside of my place. You really need a garage in the city if you care about your car.
As mentioned before, the peninsula is not a bad area to live for the car guy on a budget. It seems like everybody from the s2ki Bay Area forum is from the peninsula and most of the get togethers are down that way. Personally I'd look in the East Bay before the peninsula, though. Emeryville, and certain parts of Oakland are good. It's not a bad commute on BART into SF.
In what part of the city will you be working?
As mentioned before, the peninsula is not a bad area to live for the car guy on a budget. It seems like everybody from the s2ki Bay Area forum is from the peninsula and most of the get togethers are down that way. Personally I'd look in the East Bay before the peninsula, though. Emeryville, and certain parts of Oakland are good. It's not a bad commute on BART into SF.
In what part of the city will you be working?
I don't have a job locked down yet, but the potential's would be either Downtown or in the Marina District.
12-12-2012, 04:43 PM
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I read up on your thread in the main forum, and I knew it was a matter of time before you posted here. That's quite a long drive and I hope the trailer will make it cross country! Sounds like fun.
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
12-12-2012, 04:43 PM
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Livermore is out there. Berkeley is also a great option, but some places there can get expensive. The reason I like the east bay better is there is stuff actually going on there. The peninsula has no soul. It's just like living in any other suburb. It sounds like you want to live some place interesting and Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville are interesting places that are also close to the city.
12-12-2012, 05:09 PM
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I read up on your thread in the main forum, and I knew it was a matter of time before you posted here. That's quite a long drive and I hope the trailer will make it cross country! Sounds like fun.
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
Livermore is out there. Berkeley is also a great option, but some places there can get expensive. The reason I like the east bay better is there is stuff actually going on there. The peninsula has no soul. It's just like living in any other suburb. It sounds like you want to live some place interesting and Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville are interesting places that are also close to the city.
12-12-2012, 05:34 PM
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Do you already have a job lined up? Because depends on where in the city you are planning on living. If it is BART accessible or not. If you work close to a BART station then you can live from Daly City, South City, San Bruno. They are the first stops before the city and you can also drive if you have parking available. Living in the east bay makes your commute pretty bad especially if you are driving. Also what time would you be working. If you are working the typical 8-5 job, traffic can get pretty bad.
12-12-2012, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by darkfalcon' timestamp='1355363024' post='22207062
I read up on your thread in the main forum, and I knew it was a matter of time before you posted here. That's quite a long drive and I hope the trailer will make it cross country! Sounds like fun.
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
As for places to stay, it's best not to be in the city. The suburbs are your best bet if you want to be close to SF, like the ones south of the city (Daly City, South San Francisco)
Livermore is out there. Berkeley is also a great option, but some places there can get expensive. The reason I like the east bay better is there is stuff actually going on there. The peninsula has no soul. It's just like living in any other suburb. It sounds like you want to live some place interesting and Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville are interesting places that are also close to the city.
just to give you an idea, they have stores over there that have to beep you in the door to let you inside.. lol
i would avoid the bridge if possible. like some other guy said. san bruno/daly city/south san francisco are good options right outside of san francisco.
12-13-2012, 05:30 AM
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After reading all of these comments... OP wants a place with some sort of culture/life, he wants a safe and quiet spot for him to park his car, and he wants a reasonable commute to the city, all for around $700.
This is simple, you're going to need to give one or more of those up, the question is which ones are you willing to give up and then we can really start to recommend some places to live.
This is simple, you're going to need to give one or more of those up, the question is which ones are you willing to give up and then we can really start to recommend some places to live.