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As my CTO once said “If you’re gonna go so far as moving to the South Bay you might as well keep going until you reach LA” Once you’re in SF or immediate vicin

by Swizec 9y ago

As my CTO once said “If you’re gonna go so far as moving to the South Bay you might as well keep going until you reach LA” Once you’re in SF or immediate vicinity everything else becomes veeeeeery far away. I used to live in Menlo Park and the city felt pretty close. Now I’m In SF and I’d sooner come hang out with you in NYC than I would in Menlo. Yes some people commute that far every day. I have yet to meet anyone who says they don’t mind and aren’t desperately looking for ways to get out of it. A friend of mine works for Google and he said that any job opening for the SF office gets filled within seconds because everybody hates going to the main campus. Despite the fancy buses, a 2hr commute each way is killer.

awalton 9y ago
> Now I’m In SF and I’d sooner come hang out with you in NYC than I would in Menlo. Just to put this in perspective, you'd rather go down BART to Millbrae (up to 45 minutes), go through airport security (an hour on average), fly 4 hours and get out at like LaGuardia and find your way into whichever borough you wish of New York City which is gonna take at least half an hour... than ride Caltrain for 60-80 minutes from 4th and King to Menlo Park, or drive 45* minutes (according to Google maps right now). I'm not sure I can trust your time economy. Fully understand nobody wanting to do it twice a day, 5 days a week, but to hang out with a friend? Come right the hell on. * : typo.
- sidlls 9y ago
  35 minutes drive seems..optimistic. I can't remember the last time I drove the 101 from that part of the peninsula into the city or the other direction in less than 45 minutes. Traffic on that whole road is a little taste of hell on Earth, and it gets worse around the San Mateo bridge, which seems to have an accident every few minutes.
  - Johnny555 9y ago
    Don't take 101, take 280, traffic on Sand Hill is not too bad outside of commute hours. During commute hours? A helicopter is the only way to do it in 35 minutes.
    - djcapelis 9y ago
      > A helicopter is the only way to do it in 35 minutes. Or you know, a motorcycle.
- Johnny555 9y ago
  Well, there's a lot more reasons to go to NYC than to go to Menlo park. I don't think the same would apply in the opposite direction -- few people would say "I live in Menlo Park and I'd sooner come hang out with you in NYC than in SF"
- Swizec 9y ago
  I hyperbole of course. But in my experience friends from Menlo are much likelier to visit SF than people from SF are to visit Menlo. Also Caltrain on the weekends is just 1x/hour which is very annoying indeed. And hey, I’m always on the lookout for a good excuse to go visit NYC for a weekend. I don’t find nearly enough of those.

by Swizec 9y ago

awalton 9y ago

> Now I’m In SF and I’d sooner come hang out with you in NYC than I would in Menlo. Just to put this in perspective, you'd rather go down BART to Millbrae (up to 45 minutes), go through airport security (an hour on average), fly 4 hours and get out at like LaGuardia and find your way into whichever borough you wish of New York City which is gonna take at least half an hour... than ride Caltrain for 60-80 minutes from 4th and King to Menlo Park, or drive 45* minutes (according to Google maps right now). I'm not sure I can trust your time economy. Fully understand nobody wanting to do it twice a day, 5 days a week, but to hang out with a friend? Come right the hell on. * : typo.

sidlls 9y ago
35 minutes drive seems..optimistic. I can't remember the last time I drove the 101 from that part of the peninsula into the city or the other direction in less than 45 minutes. Traffic on that whole road is a little taste of hell on Earth, and it gets worse around the San Mateo bridge, which seems to have an accident every few minutes.
- Johnny555 9y ago
  Don't take 101, take 280, traffic on Sand Hill is not too bad outside of commute hours. During commute hours? A helicopter is the only way to do it in 35 minutes.
  - djcapelis 9y ago
    > A helicopter is the only way to do it in 35 minutes. Or you know, a motorcycle.
Johnny555 9y ago
Well, there's a lot more reasons to go to NYC than to go to Menlo park. I don't think the same would apply in the opposite direction -- few people would say "I live in Menlo Park and I'd sooner come hang out with you in NYC than in SF"
Swizec 9y ago
I hyperbole of course. But in my experience friends from Menlo are much likelier to visit SF than people from SF are to visit Menlo. Also Caltrain on the weekends is just 1x/hour which is very annoying indeed. And hey, I’m always on the lookout for a good excuse to go visit NYC for a weekend. I don’t find nearly enough of those.