San Francisco: here we come
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- monospaced0
The Mission is awesome, but always smells faintly of urine. (Probably because I used to pee on the street while bar-hopping, just like everyone else).
- iamaracinghorse0
My wife and I were living in Oakland last year and looking to move into the Mission/Guerrero area. We spent three-and-a-half months hitting 'refresh' on craigslist before we expanded our search to other neighborhoods. Within a day of doing so, we found a GREAT apartment about a block from Alamo Square. Been here for a couple of months and are really into the neighborhood. Divisadero's got some cool stuff going on (Nopa, Nopalito, some decent bars, the Independent, a Bi-Rite opening next year...), and I see 'for rent' signs fairly often. I don't have any inside scoop on places, per se, but I could certainly help by keeping my eye out for signs if you're interested in this neighborhood at all.
- monospaced0
The Castro is rad too, especially since the gays really keep a gorgeous neighborhood. It is pricey there, but worth it.
- see 3 posts above. that is where we stayed the time before last ^. dolores park/castrolvl_13
- nice man, well, it seems like you know SF just enough to make a good decision.monospaced
- fiver0
the real question. what's your budget?
- well, i think we will need to keep in the $1400-$1600 range. cheaper than that would even be better.lvl_13
- studio it is!fiver
- yeah. studio it is unless you want to live in a squat / rat trap. if you can do more you will have better options.Seanbot
- i read it as 400 - 600... i need to step away from the computer. jesus.Seanbot
- hahaha. fuck! i wish you could get something for $400-600!lvl_13
- akrok0
lvl_13, later you have to drive down the coast line. so awesome. :-)
- monospaced0
- < he can easily find a 1bdrm for his price rangemonospaced
- lvl_130
13 days!
- Noggin0
I have 1 roomie and we each pay $700/mo and live on 21st and Bryant in the Mission. It does not smell of pee, just taquerias.
- lvl_130
no doubt akrok! i've done it a couple times from the OC and LA.what i really want to do when we are out there is drive up the coast! never done that before. i've actually never been to portland, seattle, or vancouver and would love to see all three!
- refunktion0
i lived in bernal heights. it is one of the best areas and has a great view. our rent was $2695 though.
- i will be moving back in a couple of years toorefunktion
- ouch. that is pricey.lvl_13
- probably for multiple roomsmonospaced
- cuke4260
good luck man, and welcome! i was across the street from alamo square park, loved the area. in the richmond now, super quiet but we LOVE LOVE it; half a block from gg park, so rad. fyi i got a scooter and my commute to downtown is 10-15 minutes, bus is like 30 minutes. best of luck finding an apartment! p.s. if you're still looking for work check in via email and we'll see if the timing is better now...
- dasohr0
3 bdrm for 1750 on treasure island (project 8 (better than loin?))
http://www.yelp.com/biz/treasure…
http://www.apartmentratings.com/…
good views too
- oh hell no...only one way on or off that dreadful islandmonospaced
- lvl_130
bump
- capn_ron0
congrats. you'll love the city.
- FredMcWoozy0
have you ever stayed in SF for a long period of time?
- because you better before you move there.FredMcWoozy
- 3 weeks has been the longest.lvl_13
- he and she will now.akrok
- Ok thats good. It is really different then being a tourist.FredMcWoozy
- Why ask a silly question like that?brandon_phillip
- monospaced0
just don't live in the 'loin
I highly recommend the Richmond and Sunset districts. You have easy access to GG Park and are removed from a lot of the nastiness of downtown SF. Getting to and from the center of the city might take a little while on the bus, but I think it's worth it especially for a real neighborhood, the beach and the views.
- oh, and you can rent an entire Victorian (house) for the price of a nice apt in other 'hoodsmonospaced
- actually this is one place we never explored. it seemed too far away from the hotspots i guess. i'm more of a city type personlvl_13
- it's not that far, reallymonospaced
- oh, and the park is considered a hotspot...but that's just me, I lived out there for 5 years and loved every secondmonospaced
- oh, i love the park. that is def. a hotspot. but what fiver said below is what i have heard from several others.lvl_13