Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave
by usaar333 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @07:16PM
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Agreed dense cities shift trade-offs, but as some notes:
> As a renter, you’re not allowed to work on your home and probably don’t have access to a washer/dryer
Only in the lowest end places is this true. (it's been true once for me exactly once out of 6 places I've rented in SF) Most software eng can afford to rent places with at least shared laundry.
> Since transportation-with-cargo is such a clusterfuck and the local retail skews heavily upscale to afford the exorbitant commercial rents, getting most consumer goods delivered makes complete sense.
And it saves time as well. Even in suburbia I don't want to go to the grocery store when Amazon can deliver items for me.
Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave
by closeparen on Monday June 04, 2018 @04:09AM
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> Most software eng can afford to rent places with at least shared laundry.
Yes, so most software engineers wouldn't use a laundry service. But for those that do, I'm reasonably certain this is why.
As a renter, you’re not allowed to work on your home and probably don’t have access to a washer/dryer. There are laundromats, but your cargo-hauling capabilities are severely limited, so unless it’s nearby you’re paying for cargo hauling one way or the other.
Since transportation-with-cargo is such a clusterfuck and the local retail skews heavily upscale to afford the exorbitant commercial rents, getting most consumer goods delivered makes complete sense.
No argument on the cost of going out so frequently, but cooking for one isn’t necessarily cheaper than takeout, depending on your local grocery stores. (Yes, you can be deliberate about picking cheap meals to cook).
Living in San Francisco imposes different problems and different constraints than living in typical American suburbia; choices that would be exorbitant in one place can be efficient in the other.