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I've been looking around the Bay for way-cheap alternatives to the city, and nothing I've seen in Berkeley is that cheap. It seems anything close to transit is
by potatolicious 15y ago
I've been looking around the Bay for way-cheap alternatives to the city, and nothing I've seen in Berkeley is that cheap. It seems anything close to transit is comparable to SF (at most a 10% discount).
It would seem that "far from SF" is countered by "population of monied students".
- rms 15y agoI pay $4700/month for an architecturally magnificent 5BR 2200 square foot house on the block east of the Berkeley Bowl. I suppose it's not cheap on an absolute scale, but a comparable house in SF would be $8000/month at the very minimum and in Pacific Heights or the Marina or a neighborhood I don't want to live in. I think you're underestimating the cost of San Francisco right now. Berkeley is more expensive than Silicon Valley, but it has all of the amenities of a major metropolis (except late night anything) while being quite small in the scheme of things. It's still absolutely not a place to go for a way cheap alternative to a city, as it's still one of the most expensive areas in the USA.
- potatolicious 15y agoAh, there's the difference then - I've been looking at 0/1/2BR apartments in both SF and Berkeley. It seems like a decent 1BR near BART will run in the $1600-2000 range, which is in the same ballpark as most of SF.