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Hate to break it to you, but Berkeley is going to be more expensive to rent than SF.
by tsunamifury 10y ago
Hate to break it to you, but Berkeley is going to be more expensive to rent than SF.
- santaclaus 10y agoDepends where you are in Berkeley -- you can get some good deals around the Oakland and Emeryville borders.
- closeparen 10y agoAbsolutely not. I pay $2500 for a 650sqft 1-bedroom in West Berkeley with a parking space. The fixtures are a little cheap, but it's 2001 construction in good shape with solid noise isolation, no pests, etc. The location is urban infill, so industrial, but safe, and similar apartment buildings are popping up around it. It's an obnoxiously long walk (or longer bus ride) to BART, but if you're willing to drive/Uber to a station, the location is fine. Last I checked, similar units in SF were running at least $3800. Yes, I could have a crappier apartment, or a shared apartment, or no parking, or several of the above, for a little less in SF. Berkeley is still my best option. If 2-3 of my peers decide to live in the same amount of space I claim for myself, then the price will rise until the only way I can afford to live here is by sharing with 2-3 people. So while I am excited about the new housing construction in my neighborhood, I am not very excited about HomeShare.