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Re:San Francisco Tech Firms See Workers Flee from $4,500 Rents by kbenson on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @05:38PM (#11434724)
Even then, it's not going to make it to Larkspur until later, phase 1 only makes it to downtown San Rafael (but there's supposed to be a free bus from there to take you to the ferry).

As someone who lives in Santa Rosa, having something that connected directly to SF or BART from up here would be awesome (even if not really feasible). My brother lives here as well and he commutes to the Embarcadero for work. I'm not jealous, I already have no time. An extended commute would be the end of me.

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Re:San Francisco Tech Firms See Workers Flee from $4,500 Rents by rconti on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @06:19PM (#11435024)
From Santa Rosa? That's, like, Morgan Hill to SF commute levels of craziness.
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Re:San Francisco Tech Firms See Workers Flee from $4,500 Rents by kbenson on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @06:25PM (#11435073)
Yeah, about the same total distance, but I think there's generally less traffic coming from the north. In any case, he just has to make it to Larkspur, as the ferry takes him directly to work. Needless to say, he's eagerly awaiting the SMART train.
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Re:San Francisco Tech Firms See Workers Flee from $4,500 Rents by rconti on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @06:31PM (#11435105)
Oh, my bad, thought he was crossing the bridge. My BIL goes from Corte Madera to San Bruno and I think it's just eye-poppingly insane to have to cross the bridge AND drive through SF. The traffic north of CM on the way up to Santa Rosa is simply insane, so adding the bridge to that would be killer. The ferry makes it work.
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