Palo Alto, CA Living
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- xrusos
Hey, I'm getting ready to put a deposit down on an apartment in Palo Alto, and thought i'd ask the NT crew's advice before I leap.
I'm from Chicago, so i don't know about the area. I just had a friend stop by and he said it was cool...
questions:
1) do you like the Palo Alto area? if not, where would you pick (nearby)?
2) what is Palo Alto's reputation?
3) what do you know of these apartments: Boardwalk Park Place Apartments on Park and Meadow? Cool or not cool?
- lind0
The only thing I know about Palo Alto is from my boss -- who's having a photo show there at http://www.modernbook.com/ (*interesting* site). Apparently, the people there are loaded and it's near Silicon Valley -- but I'm sure you already knew that.
- shellie0
palo alto is kinda spendy. one of my friends is from there.
- Mick0
Why would you put a deposit on somewhere you've never been - that's just asking for trouble.
At least visit and decide yourself, stay there for a week in a hotel and feel out the place.
- kpl0
palo alto...more or less the typical rich folks suburb. built around stanford. the univ doesn't seem to affect the area much, doesn't feel like a college town like berkeley.
east palo alto would be the "ghetto," its an old mexican community, but it's getting yuppified.
- xrusos0
i'm opening up a regional office for a consulting firm, so i get to pick the location. in the bay area, i heard palo alto is tops. (disagree? agree?)
i also play a lot of frisbee, and i heard there's a large ultimate frisbee community in p.a.
i trust my friend with the look and feel of the place, but wanted any other locals input as well. i'm kinda winging it.
i move may 15th, so it's pretty imperative that i get a place soon.
- shant0
You should just pass those Boardwalk/ParkPlace apartments and collect your $200.
- TransFatty0
fuck palo alto
move to berkeley or santa cruz
or if that is too far why wouldnt you just move straight away into san francisco itself.i'm sure it is the same cost as palo alto.
palo alto is boring.
take it from me.
- TransFatty0
oh.
a consulting firm huh...
pal alto is perfect.
- xrusos0
tf, i haven't decided if that was a dig or not...
but why is p.a. boring? i figure i'm 20 minutes from the city. 30 minutes to the beach. 40 minutes to decent climbing. young crowd. stanford u.... sounds cool to me.
(of course, i've never even been there)
as for other places. santa cruz is cool, but further from sf. i want to be close to sf. - but not sure about living in sf right now. i'm not ready for city life. i like to go there, visit and come back home. - same with chicago right now (i'm in the burbs)
- xrusos0
bumped for the early communters to PV-AN.
- petzi0
leave america quick!
- ********0
you leave, and shut the door behind you....
- ********0
oh, switzerland....go back to the cave and devolve
- TransFatty0
no - not a dig at all, i'm serious.
i'm saying for personal life
palo alto is bland to mebut for business purposes it is perfect.
palo alto has alot of good things about it as well... but there so many other cool towns within striking distance of SF,
palo alto happens to be somewhat corporate, thats all.a safe bet ....
good luck
- petzi0
*ugh*
sorry. i meant this in a sarcastic way. old-europe stylee
- xrusos0
thanks fatty. i'm taking a 50% pay cut initially (from the job i just quit), but i'll be doing just fine come january. benefits are i make my own hours (so i can spend mornings working, and afternoons on the beach).
now that i think about it, i can probably work from the beach as well... maybe i can get one of those Operation Iraqi Freedom laptop sand covers. and the bay is all wifi'ed out right, so i can work wirelessly? (dreaming...)anyway... anyone else have any advice before i throw down the deposit cash?
- paulrand0
la honda- home of the merry pranksters
- xrusos0
well i did it. deposit check is in the mail, and they're holding the apartment for me.
- kpl0
don't count on stanford being any kind of influence on palo alto. the university is pretty much self contained in its own little farm, all the students live on campus and hang around thre. nothing much to do in pa.
stanford kids mainly go to the city (sf) to party. and silicon valley sucks. like I said, if you want a college town, head for berkeley.
- J_Treehorn0
You should move to that town in the movie "The Lost Boys" what's that called? Santa Carla?