Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family

Re:Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family by pascalxus on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:29PM (#15020955)

SV / SF is no place for a family. Most of it is high crime and quite seedy. You'll pay significantly more for housing. Only the 80% of SF which is rent controlled is affordable (as an outsider, you'll never get this). At market rate, For 6K/month you might be able to rent a tiny 2 bedroom apartment with no parking. You'll never be able to save up for a condo and you can forget about a house. Most of us, are trying to get out of SV/SF. I wouldn't recommend you come here unless you'r facing homelessness or absolute destitute.

If you do come, I recommend, you ask for 170K minimum. Even then, you should make plans to leave within a few years.

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Re:Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family by dmode on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:49PM (#15022346)

I have been living in SV for many years. There is very little crime, not sure what you are talking about. Even areas that were historically high crime (EPA and Oakland) are rapidly gentrifying that there will be no crime in the next 5 years.

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Re:Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family by pascalxus on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:26PM (#15023681)

Not SV, but SF is quite high in crime.

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Re:Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family by HD134606c on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:37PM (#15021026)

SV is not high crime.

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Re:Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family by mathperson on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:22PM (#15021459)

lol what. > Most of it is high crime and quite seedy.

?! ?!

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