Moving to SF
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- Seanbot
I've moving to San Francisco and I want some opinions on the neighborhoods and other notable places to check out. Anyone?
- Seanbot0
Oh, and I skipped LA completely. Too dusty. :-)
- grafiske0
Angel Island! You have to take a ferry but it is great.
- version30
i agree with sf being less dusty than la, but i never lived by the beach in sf, actually damn near right in the middle, marin county on the other side of the ggb, if you can afford it
- acescence0
I live out in the sunset and like it out here. It's a bit foggy, but it's super quiet. there are 9 microclimates in SF, so the weather can differ a lot from neighborhood to neighborhood. the mission is typically the warmest. also full of hipsters.
- studderine0
dont move there.
- acescence0
if you use filter ^ up there, there have been lots of sf threads full of places to go and reasons not to move there.
- instrmntl0
- < nice font.akrokdesign
- is it Speak?cubanhaze
- Similar but not Speak.Ruffian
- Bargels0
You'll like it in SF till you're walking down the street, unable to get on a bus because although the monthly fare has almost doubled in less than a year, they have cut all the bus lines so they're too packed to ride, and you'll be approached by one of many, many homeless peoples asking for money and food. Which is fine.
However, this one will be different. This one will be very adamant about the fact that although he's hungry, although he has no money, although he's been on the street for years, he will ONLY accept organically-grown food.
And you will pocket the delicious sandwich you offered him, as it's a cold, rainy night, and no one should go hungry, and walk away, with him yelling expletives after you for offering him such dirty, cheap, non-organically-grown food.
Then you will rethink your decision to move there. But, it will be shiny and new for about 2 years, so enjoy it. Try and live on the outskirts and commute in---nicer weather/quieter.
- moldero0
good luck with your move, 20 years in SF was enough for me.
- akrokdesign0
hah. your already off, that was fast. oh well, maybe i see you in S.F.
- omgitsacamera0
Move to Hillsborough.
- epic_rim0
Potrero Hill is nice.
Haight is nice but expensive.
Maybe you would consider Oakland?
- arterie0
Very cool / fun city. Still living here since I moved at end of 1978. saw many changes. Survived ; ) . . . love living in the hayes valley / lower haight neighborhood. . . .
- spendogg0
move to petaluma and commute
- Petaluma rocks!instrmntl
- 40 miles, one way. that's nuts.akrokdesign
- if you drive 260 days. per a year. back and forward. it's 20,800 miles. plus all other driving my might do. lets say 25k.akrokdesign
- 25.000. so, in 4 years. that car has 100.000 miles on it.akrokdesign
- Petaluma commute would kill you. Not worth it.nikdaum
- yeah, dont move there if you want to work in sf. i like it because thats where i grew up. nice to visit.instrmntl
- sisu0
What are you looking for in a neighborhood? It all depends on your likes/dislikes/needs/wants...
- cannonball19780
Outer Richmond. It's my neighborhood.
- Seanbot0
Being that I'm traveling out, I'll likely hold onto my car for the next 6 months until the dust settles.
As for work, I'll be in Hayes Valley. I enjoy going out and seeing people on the street (which is not the scene in Minneapolis) but I like to escape the rif-raf when I'm at home. A friend mentioned SOMA, but it seems really mall like...
- cannonball19780
Stay away form SOMA and anywhere near Market Street. Stay away from the Tenderloin, too.
- sisu0
SOMA, Market and Tenderloin are fine and plenty of good people live there. But once again, it all depends on what you're looking for in a neighborhood. So far, all you've mentioned is that you won't have a car for 6 months.
Where are you going to work in Hayes Valley?
- i live int he tl on OFarrell. Its the last nice street before it turns to shit. Bad neighborhood for a car to. No residential parking.instrmntl