Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by shostack on Thursday April 07, 2016 @02:52PM
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Can you clarify where in PA you were that had no restaurants or shops for a few miles in any direction? PA is relatively small, and there aren't any apartments further west in the really nice parts. Further east there are still stores and shops and such (albeit not as nice as near downtown).
Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by runchberries on Thursday April 07, 2016 @03:45PM
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Past past California ave about 2 miles near el camino. It was a little over 2 miles to California Ave and maybe 2 miles to the san Antonio shopping center. They weren't pleasant walks the most direct way (along el camnino) and even longer if you decided to take the scenic route and everything is spread out.
Not an impossible feat to bike, but the energy is low and there are much better ways to spend rent money.
Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by ZanyProgrammer on Thursday April 07, 2016 @02:56PM
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Like down El Camino towards California Avenue and beyond, I'd think.
Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by ZanyProgrammer on Thursday April 07, 2016 @02:24PM
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Well what they really do is live further out, displacing poorer people. Places like Sunnyvale and Santa Clara are more doable.
If you want to live by downtown PA (university Ave) its right around $2800-3000 for a 1 bedroom, for places with 20 year old appliances and no upgrades.
The peninsula is just as bad because of school preferences, etc.
New engineers getting hired in MV and PA literally can't afford to live by themselves in a 1 bedroom. That is fucked.