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One key insight that they're missing is that the 'trendy' office location has shifted from Silicon Valley to San Francisco over the past few years. The result
by samcheng 11y ago
One key insight that they're missing is that the 'trendy' office location has shifted from Silicon Valley to San Francisco over the past few years.
The result is that people who may have settled in the valley now find themselves commuting to the city. It's much more comfortable to spend that commuting time on the train than in rush-hour traffic!
- adpirz 11y agoThis is especially true on the Caltrain baby bullets. Outlets and tables galore!
- jrockway 11y agoI took an afternoon baby bullet last week and they were running it using the normal gallery car equipment. I was worried I had accidentally gotten on a very late local train instead.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoI was also surprised by how many people live in SF and commute by Caltrain to offices in the south bay. Sort of "maximize my housing cost AND my commute time." As someone who rides from the fourth most popular station (Sunnyvale) I find that even if it takes a bit longer on CalTrain to get to work, the fact that I'm not fearing for my life on 101 makes all the difference in the world.
- bdamm 11y agoIt's a real shame about the monthly suicides, otherwise it would almost be a reliable train service.
- trhway 11y ago>I was also surprised by how many people live in SF and commute by Caltrain to offices in the south bay. man, when i came 15 years ago here (after living for years in a real city - St. Petersburg Russia), i was staggered that people choose to live in the "backwater villages" like PA, MV, SV, etc... instead of living in a nice vibrant city SF. Well, today i own in a "backwater village" and SF is too young and vibrant for me, and the once in a year or two ride in CalTrain reminds me about my youth and all the time spent in the public transport back then :)