Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?

Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by aaroninsf on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @01:11AM (#13415543)

Tentsegritty sends alerts when free tents are being distributed

StepWriteUp provides Waze-like pedestrian alerts for where there's human waste on your route

Chopp.ly offers real-time competitive bids on used bike parts

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by Odenwaelder on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @02:46AM (#13424796)

Free tents?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by fred_is_fred on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:58AM (#13419057)

Zillow is nice so you can see how many millions of dollars that crack house on the corner with no plumbing is worth this week.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by clackanon on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:02AM (#13433975)

A corollary to this... the How-to-GTFO-of-SanFrancisco app, because there's no earthly reason housing should be THAT expensive.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by karim on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:10AM (#13415335)

The 311 app (https://sf311.org/mobile) is really useful to report hazardous things (e.g: needles).

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by DrScump on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:04PM (#13415134)

Caltrain droid - have Caltrain map and schedule on you always without privacy sucks.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by rajacombinator on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @05:51PM (#13431199)

There's an app called SF Climates that shows microclimate data for SF. Quite useful as there can be a 30 degree difference between neighborhoods! (I have screenshots to confirm.)

Other than that, generally staying abreast of the latest startups that are offering promotions with VC money is a good idea.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by tech4all on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:19AM (#13417213)

If you have kids, Galore is awesome for finding activities: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/galore-kids-activities-camps...

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by LarryMade2 on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:20AM (#13435924)

eBook reader apps with a San Francisco Library Card - you will have free access to thousands of eBooks and magazines.

http://sfpl.org/?pg=2000005001

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by jy1 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:56AM (#13415490)

Lyft, Amazon Prime Now, TaskRabbit, Maps

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by yegle on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:35AM (#13415426)

BartRunner if you commute with Bart.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by pmiller2 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @01:03PM (#13419625)

Is that for iPhone? I wasn't able to find it in the App Store.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by kspaans on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @03:51PM (#13421061)

Riding a bicycle, so an offline OSM bike route app.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Franc... by hnhnic on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:17PM (#13419208)

Bloomberg or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

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