How the Internet Ruined San Francisco (1999)

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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