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I invite you to go live in Santa Cruz for a year and let me know how close to Silicon Valley it is. We're not talking about Palo Alto or Saratoga here... you ar

by mcntsh 3y ago

I invite you to go live in Santa Cruz for a year and let me know how close to Silicon Valley it is. We're not talking about Palo Alto or Saratoga here... you aren't in commuting distance to any jobs. You're going to wait in traffic for minimum 1.5 hours on mountain roads each way to get to/from work. If it rains or if there's a single car accident then your commute easily doubles. And that's if you work in San Jose... forget it if you're any further up the bay.

BobaFloutist 3y ago
The commute is what it is because the people of the town have repeatedly voted to keep it that way. Edit: Actually, forget all that. You're inviting me to live in Santa Cruz for a year? Do you have a place? I might take you up on that, what a lovely offer.
jeffbee 3y ago
Santa Cruz Metro operates the Hwy 17 Express 20 times a day, and there are commuter shuttles for Google, Facebook, and more.
- dekhn 3y ago
  Sure, that (hwy 17 express) great if you want to go to Diridon in about 50 minutes if there's no traffic. The folks who took Santa Cruz commuter shuttles at Google seemed widely miserable.
  - jeffbee 3y ago
    I'm not recommending it, only pointing out that the OP is wildly wrong about travel patterns from Santa Cruz. Something like 15% of all employed people in Santa Cruz commute to work in Santa Clara County. https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/santacruz2022.pdf https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/santacr...
dekhn 3y ago
Hwy 17 gives real meaning to "single point of failure". Speaking of single point of failure in Santa Cruz, there was a time when the entire area lost nearly all phone and internet because a cable was cut over in San Jose (https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/san-jose-police-sabotage-caused-phone-outage-in-santa-clara-santa-cruz-counties/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/san-jose-police-sabot...). Sabotage!

by mcntsh 3y ago

BobaFloutist 3y ago

The commute is what it is because the people of the town have repeatedly voted to keep it that way. Edit: Actually, forget all that. You're inviting me to live in Santa Cruz for a year? Do you have a place? I might take you up on that, what a lovely offer.

jeffbee 3y ago

Santa Cruz Metro operates the Hwy 17 Express 20 times a day, and there are commuter shuttles for Google, Facebook, and more.

dekhn 3y ago
Sure, that (hwy 17 express) great if you want to go to Diridon in about 50 minutes if there's no traffic. The folks who took Santa Cruz commuter shuttles at Google seemed widely miserable.
- jeffbee 3y ago
  I'm not recommending it, only pointing out that the OP is wildly wrong about travel patterns from Santa Cruz. Something like 15% of all employed people in Santa Cruz commute to work in Santa Clara County. https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/santacruz2022.pdf https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/santacr...

dekhn 3y ago

Hwy 17 gives real meaning to "single point of failure". Speaking of single point of failure in Santa Cruz, there was a time when the entire area lost nearly all phone and internet because a cable was cut over in San Jose (https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/san-jose-police-sabotage-caused-phone-outage-in-santa-clara-santa-cruz-counties/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/san-jose-police-sabot...). Sabotage!