[Noisebridge-discuss] Possible move to bay area.

[jim]

   the commute by car to mountain view, door to door, 
is about an hour each way, not much different from 
the train, depending on workplace location, and you 
can read or whatever on the train better. 
   density of amenities is much greater in sf proper 
than anywhere else on the sf peninsula. 
   i think the mission district is the best location 
for you, given your posting to a hackerspace mailing 
list. you can walk to the train station (e.g. walk 
from 22 or so to wall street--compare on a map). the 
mission district is generally sunny, rents are 
__relatively__ inexpensive, plenty of amenities that 
i think are of the widest variety of any other sf 
district. 



On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 14:01 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 8/12/10 1:38 PM, Matt Joyce wrote:
> > So, where neighborhood wise in sf would be worth looking in general?
> > 
> > Bonus points for train stops that will make my daily commutes to
> > mountainview suck less.
> 
> Well, the main place in SF where you can pick up CALTRAIN easily is SOMA
> (South-Of-Market-Avenue).  Rents in the less trashy parts of SOMA are
> quite high due to other Mountain View commuters.  And the more trashy
> parts of SOMA (6th Street, for example) are very trashy; expect to sweep
> used needles off your building front steps.
> 
> Living near the 22nd Street Caltrain stop might be more viable; you
> could live in Dogpatch or Potrero Hill, which more interesting
> neighborhood, less expensive, and more accessible to the Mission.
> 
> You don't want to live in Bayshore even though it's close to Caltrain.
> Not only does it take you forever to get to anywhere else in the City,
> but it's also still quite a high-crime area and nobody will want to
> visit you (cheap, though).
>