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I don't live in SF, but I live in the area. I used to always feel trapped in SF; parking is hard to find and very expensive, car break-ins are common, buses are

I don't live in SF, but I live in the area. I used to always feel trapped in SF; parking is hard to find and very expensive, car break-ins are common, buses are full of homeless and never on time, subway stations are rare and in awkward places, taxis need to be summoned by phone unless you're in a few really popular spots (even most tourist hotspots don't see taxis passing by on a regular basis) and like they say, good luck actually seeing a taxi show up after you call. Yeah everybody remembers the worst situations and not the average, but Uber totally changed the game. Little electric scooters are also pretty amazing there, since it's so compact.

giantrobot 5y ago
> I don't live in SF, but I live in the area. I used to always feel trapped in SF I have the exact same experience. It's to the point where I think SF literally hates anyone from outside the city. You have to live there to understand any of the public transit as it doesn't seem to work like that of anywhere else. Despite being only an hour away I hate going there as driving and parking is a pain at best and downright dangerous at worst. Taking CalTrain or BART into the city isn't much better thanks to the inscrutable public transit.
- satronaut 5y ago
  tbf, google maps does a great job with using the bus out there. Muni still sucks to be on, it's never on time etc., but at least you can get your route on google maps now. Been that way since at least 2012
- the_mar 5y ago
  what's so hard abt the bus
- tesseract 5y ago
  You can take SF Muni anywhere you want to go... as long as you want to go to the financial district/Market St. corridor. Seemingly more than other cities, the transit system is built around that particular commute which makes it frustrating if you're an out-of-towner trying to get to shopping/nightlife areas or to a friend's apartment. (And then there's BART which although it has the look and feel of a metro, has a network map more akin to commuter rail.)
- chrisan 5y ago
  Wow really? I grew up in the midwest and when we first moved to SF I was amazed by all the public transit, never having access to anything before. It was definitely intimidating at first, and we somehow managed to take a bus to the port where the driver made us get out b/c he was going on break. After that mistake it seemed pretty easy, and this was before iPhones
s0rce 5y ago
I live just over the bridge in Oakland and basically never go to SF for these exact reasons. I've tried a few times and its just too frustrating. BART+bike can work ok.

giantrobot 5y ago

> I don't live in SF, but I live in the area. I used to always feel trapped in SF I have the exact same experience. It's to the point where I think SF literally hates anyone from outside the city. You have to live there to understand any of the public transit as it doesn't seem to work like that of anywhere else. Despite being only an hour away I hate going there as driving and parking is a pain at best and downright dangerous at worst. Taking CalTrain or BART into the city isn't much better thanks to the inscrutable public transit.

satronaut 5y ago
tbf, google maps does a great job with using the bus out there. Muni still sucks to be on, it's never on time etc., but at least you can get your route on google maps now. Been that way since at least 2012
the_mar 5y ago
what's so hard abt the bus
tesseract 5y ago
You can take SF Muni anywhere you want to go... as long as you want to go to the financial district/Market St. corridor. Seemingly more than other cities, the transit system is built around that particular commute which makes it frustrating if you're an out-of-towner trying to get to shopping/nightlife areas or to a friend's apartment. (And then there's BART which although it has the look and feel of a metro, has a network map more akin to commuter rail.)
chrisan 5y ago
Wow really? I grew up in the midwest and when we first moved to SF I was amazed by all the public transit, never having access to anything before. It was definitely intimidating at first, and we somehow managed to take a bus to the port where the driver made us get out b/c he was going on break. After that mistake it seemed pretty easy, and this was before iPhones

s0rce 5y ago

I live just over the bridge in Oakland and basically never go to SF for these exact reasons. I've tried a few times and its just too frustrating. BART+bike can work ok.