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I'd try and avoid San Francisco. Yes,it's beautiful, and if you know the muni public transportation system you can get around easily without a car, but rents ca
by whyenot 16y ago
I'd try and avoid San Francisco. Yes,it's beautiful, and if you know the muni public transportation system you can get around easily without a car, but rents can be high (like $1300 for a studio apartment that isn't scummy). I'd look in Mountain View or Sunnyvale. If keeping costs low is very important, the northern part of San Jose probably has the lowest rents ($800-900 for a large studio / one bedroom appt) for an area near Silicon Valley. Palo Alto and areas north can be quite pricey.
- Psyonic 16y agoWhere have you seen an $800 1 bdrm in North San Jose? You must have a different craigslist than I do.
- whyenot 16y agoI've seen one bedrooms occasionally for $850 and with some regularity for $900 on craigslist. I don't know what else to tell you. Good luck.
- jrockway 16y agoDepends on whether or not you have a car. You won't be able to survive out in the suburbs, but you'll be fine in SF proper. If you have a car for free, then go for the suburbs, but if you have to buy one then the "savings" you get from living in the middle of nowhere might not be very high. I visited Mountain View yesterday, and it was one of the most depressing places I have ever seen. It's the suburbs, but as expensive as a big city.
- dannyr 16y agoGoogle Headquarters. Diverse list of excellent restaurants (Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Mexican, etc.) No heavy traffic Low crime rate Lots of startups especially on Castro st. Warmer by a few degrees than SF Hacker Dojo Sunday Farmers Market Yeah, it's depressing.
- blackguardx 16y agoIt isn't the 70s or 80s anymore. There aren't that many places in the US where the crime rate deters people from living.
- fragmede 16y agoHow many of your friends live in the Tenderloin?
- jlees 16y agoAfter a couple of weeks in Mountain View without a car I was going seriously stir crazy though. It's a suburb, you get what's on the tin.
- whyenot 16y agoFind a place near Castro street in MV, and you will be in walking distance of pretty much anything you'd need. As an added bonus you can walk to the train station and can easily travel up or down the peninsula on Caltrain or VTA light rail.
- _delirium 16y agoWhat exactly would you take VTA light rail to? It takes about an hour to get to the commercial district of San Jose from MV; probably faster to take Caltrain and walk on the other side, or even take an express bus. And the area in between MV and San Jose on the route has basically nothing; snakes through a bunch of middle-of-nowhere residential areas north of 101. Well, along Tasman there's the Rabbit's Foot meadery hiding in a nondescript office park, but that's about the only thing I can think of on the whole route along Tasman or 1st.
- jrockway 16y ago+1. I got off of Caltrain at Mountain View and thought it was cool that they had light rail. Then I checked a map and ... it didn't go anywhere. Silicon Valley reflects on Silicon Valley in many ways...
- philwelch 16y agoYou must have really high standards for "not depressing" is Mtn. View is one of the most depressing places you've ever seen. Have you ever, perchance, been anywhere in the state of Washington?