Do it. Just having Stanford on your resume is justification enough IMO. And yes, then you will have many opportunities. Plus the weather (when the wildfires are

Do it. Just having Stanford on your resume is justification enough IMO. And yes, then you will have many opportunities. Plus the weather (when the wildfires aren't raging) is so much better. I don't think a commute from SF is that bad. I took Caltrain to San Mateo from SF for a year and there were a few delayed or canceled trains but otherwise it was fine. Ok, full disclosure it's packed and loud for Giants games so that does kinda suck. The Palo Alto stop is 5 minutes from campus. As another commenter mentioned, you would want to live close to the train station in SF (Mission Bay, Potrero) otherwise your commute will suck - for example, getting from Sunset or Richmond to Caltrain is a pain.