Moving to SF
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- palmer_0
What is your budget and what are you expecting to get for that budget? What you like to eat, do with your time off, and your other preferences are pretty secondary.
- nikdaum0
Take a drive through the Marin Headlands.
- letters20
Depends what you're looking for. Are you single, do you have a family, is the Castro more your speed, etc? Where are you working? You looking for whitebread and restaurants or more varied folks in your neighborhood? What is your budget like? Rent or buy?
SF is pricey and really varied – including all the surrounding areas. For example, I live in the east bay where we rent a house for less than we paid for a 2 bedroom apartment in the city. Kids play on the street and we've got a nice yard to boot (all which matter as we're expecting). we've got public transit, but I ride a motorcycle which is hands down the best way to commute.
- Seanbot0
I'll be living with the ladyfriend. We are thinking about just settling up someplace for a three month lease in the interm before making a full commitment to a specific neighborhood. Any tips would be appreciated, and met with beer on my arrival.
- sf = yawn...robotron3k
- I know, it is no Brooklyn... it pains me too dude...Seanbot
- wordssssss0
go to Ebisu in Inner Sunset
- e-wo0
Where you will be happy in the city is definitely contingent upon:
– Your budget
– Your desired walkability
– Your safety comfortThere are no neighborhoods that combine the ideal of these three values.
Tenderloin: + budget, - safety, so-so walkability
The Haight: - budget, + safety, + walkability
Richmond: + budget, + safety, - walkabilityIf you truly are without car, I'd try the Mission or the Haight first, depending on your budget and tolerance of hipsters. Or, live in Oakland or Berkeley for a couple months to suss out the area without breaking the bank. I live in Berkeley, which is 15 - 20 minutes by car or 40 by BART to the city, and I've been happily exploring it for some time now without feeling like an outsider.
Also, hit me up when you arrive. I'll gladly beer us.
Cheers,
Evin
- akrok0
how did it go? sean.
- Seanbot0
It went well. I love here.
- acescence0
what hood did you end up in?