How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999)

Re:How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999) by colin_mccabe on Sunday January 19, 2014 @05:54PM (#7086431)

I live in Silicon Valley, and we have both parties and night life. It depends on who your friends are. I also knew a lot of people back in Cleveland who were living the workaholic life, trying to get into the best colleges, and so forth. So that they could leave Cleveland behind. It's a state of mind, not a place.

I realize this may not be a popular point of view among San Franciscans, but I think the east bay and south bay are actually better if you don't want to be a workaholic. In SF, unless you bought property in the 1970s, you'll be paying somewhere north of $3500 a month for housing. That kind of money requires you to have a high-end job it sounds like you're not that interested in. There are benefits to living in SF, but they come with costs.

A lot of artists and creatives live in Oakland these days. It has good access to San Francisco and other places via BART, and the housing costs are still reasonable.

On the other hand, the most laid-back place in the bay area is definitely Santa Cruz. It always brings a smile to my face to go down to the beach there.

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Re:How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999) by pikachu_is_cool on Sunday January 19, 2014 @06:04PM (#7086472)

Cupertino (which is what I was referring to) is also ridiculously expensive, too. The apartment that I moved out of 2 years ago now costs $4,000 a month.

Also, I'm not talking about the rich adult night life. I'm talking about stuff you can do while you're growing up there. All of the kids my age were obsessed with getting straight A's, hardly any of them went out. The ones who were able to either were always in SF/Santa Cruz or were ridiculously rich.

Edit: I think we may be talking about different parts of the Valley. San Jose, Santa Cruz, and SF are nice, but I'm referring to the heart. i.e. Cupertino, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale.

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Re:How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999) by colin_mccabe on Sunday January 19, 2014 @09:54PM (#7087256)

Sorry to hear that your peers were not much fun growing up. If it makes you feel any better, I felt the same way, living in Ohio.

It seems like you must have had a very expensive apartment indeed. There are 3 bedroom standalone homes available for rent in Cupertino for less than 4,000 a month... like this one: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/apa/4287573131.html

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Re:How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999) by pikachu_is_cool on Monday January 20, 2014 @08:19PM (#7092783)

That's crazy... I guess my parents got ripped off, then. :/

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Re:How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999) by colin_mccabe on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:26AM (#7101301)

Neighborhoods matter a lot, as well as school districts. Your old apartment might have had a super awesome school district, or been walking distance to an Apple building, or something. I'll stop speculating :)

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