The author seems pretty confused about the geography of the bay area, and comes to odd conclusions because of it. First of all: > Google programmers living two

The author seems pretty confused about the geography of the bay area, and comes to odd conclusions because of it. First of all: > Google programmers living two to three to a bedroom in Bernal Heights, not even that close to BART. Why would Google employees care about living close to BART? They take the Google shuttle to work, and Bernal has great highway access, making it a shorter commute than other parts of SF. Besides that, the people I know who have tons of roommates in SF do it because they want the experience of living in SF (culture, nightlife, food, socializing). If they just wanted to make money and save as much as possible, they'd live on the peninsula or in the east bay and have a more comfortable, and also cheaper, housing situation. Even for people working in SF (SOMA), commuting on BART from Oakland is often faster than many parts of SF, and almost certainly cheaper. If you choose to live in SF anyway, it's because you want to be there specifically.