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I pay $2,000/mo for three very spacious bedrooms in Dublin, and I'm to work in SoMa in about an hour on BART (with an empty inbox!). Not to mention Dublin is an

I pay $2,000/mo for three very spacious bedrooms in Dublin, and I'm to work in SoMa in about an hour on BART (with an empty inbox!). Not to mention Dublin is an absolutely wonderful place to live for suburban types, like married couples. It's really depressing that discussions like this revolve around the city only. There is an entire world of commuter residences all around San Francisco, and people figured out how to commute to San Francisco long before the tech boom (and most people wanting to live in the city) existed. Dublin/Pleasanton is the extreme, but there's also Castro Valley on my same line, a whole shitload of Oakland like Lake Merritt, and if you take the Pittsburg/Bay Point a whole bunch up there, too. Take off the San Francisco blinders and take advantage of the commute options that were built long before this industry. It feels like people moving to San Francisco now treat it like New York City, where living in New Jersey and commuting in tends to suck. So most people focus on the boroughs, and landlords take advantage of them. San Francisco's out-of-town situation is far better, and I don't regret choosing a place an hour out of town at all.

joejohnson 14y ago
I want to work in SoMa and not spend 10 hours a week commuting. I can empty my inbox at work, where I'm paid to do it.
- jsprinkles 14y ago
  So you'd rather spend 10 hours a week commuting inside SF?
  - joejohnson 14y ago
    No, I'd rather live close to work. Currently I have a 5-10 minute walking commute.
devs1010 14y ago
Agreed, I commute into sf from the east bay, my commute is longer than I'd like now so am planning to move closer but not into the city. Sf is so dense that it can often be the same commuting length in terms of time coming from across the bay as if you lived in the city
ashayh 14y ago
I would agree completely about Dublin/Pleasanton, I moved there a year ago. Except BART stinks. The frequency is low. There are regular break downs. Cars are too crowded in rush hour, so you have to leave early/late to grab a seat, especially while leaving the city. Otherwise consider the hour wasted. Above all, the seats are always filthy, and more filthy if it has been raining. (They have just started putting vinyl seats) If anyone is imagining that they would always get a pleasant train ride, where they browse/code/read for the 45min it takes to reach the city, think twice. If Bart improves, even the furthest stations like Dublin would be awesome. Btw 2k for three beds is a great price.. where exactly in Dublin, if I may ask?

joejohnson 14y ago

I want to work in SoMa and not spend 10 hours a week commuting. I can empty my inbox at work, where I'm paid to do it.

jsprinkles 14y ago
So you'd rather spend 10 hours a week commuting inside SF?
- joejohnson 14y ago
  No, I'd rather live close to work. Currently I have a 5-10 minute walking commute.

devs1010 14y ago

Agreed, I commute into sf from the east bay, my commute is longer than I'd like now so am planning to move closer but not into the city. Sf is so dense that it can often be the same commuting length in terms of time coming from across the bay as if you lived in the city

ashayh 14y ago

I would agree completely about Dublin/Pleasanton, I moved there a year ago. Except BART stinks. The frequency is low. There are regular break downs. Cars are too crowded in rush hour, so you have to leave early/late to grab a seat, especially while leaving the city. Otherwise consider the hour wasted. Above all, the seats are always filthy, and more filthy if it has been raining. (They have just started putting vinyl seats) If anyone is imagining that they would always get a pleasant train ride, where they browse/code/read for the 45min it takes to reach the city, think twice. If Bart improves, even the furthest stations like Dublin would be awesome. Btw 2k for three beds is a great price.. where exactly in Dublin, if I may ask?